Record Series Code
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Record Series Title
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Minimum Retention
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Disposition
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DESCRIPTION
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Agency Specific Schedules: Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief: Entire Agency
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OCME-01-001
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Permanent
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Retain in agency or transfer to State Archives
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This series documents the investigation of sudden, unexpected, or violent deaths in Connecticut. Including but not limited to: notice of death; report of investigation; hospital report of death; receipt of body form; identification form; autopsy report; receipt of evidence; removal authorization; toxicology specimen receipt; toxicology report; police notification; investigative and identification data; death certificates (original and amended); photographs; and suicide notes.
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OCME-01-002
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Verification date + 6 Month(s)
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Disposition is 6 months from date recording transcribed and verified. Destroy after receipt of signed Form RC-108
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This series documents audio recordings, regardless of format, of medical examiner investigations.
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OCME-01-003
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Permanent
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Retain in agency or transfer to State Archives
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[OBSOLETE] This series documents logs of autopsies conducted by medical examiners. Including but not limited to: log books.
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OCME-01-004
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Test date + 3 Month(s)
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Destroy after receipt of signed Form RC-108
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[OBSOLETE] This series documents Toxicology Laboratory test results. Including but not limited to: computer instrumentation data.
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OCME-01-005
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Permanent
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Retain in agency or transfer to State Archives
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[OBSOLETE] This series documents indexes of case files and autopsies from September 1970 through December 1989. Including but not limited to: index cards.
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OCME-01-006
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Permanent
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Retain in agency or transfer to State Archives
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[OBSOLETE] This series documents suicide notes from September 1970 through December 1998. Including but not limited to: correspondence.
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OCME-01-007
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Permanent
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Retain in agency or transfer to State Archives
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This series documents the activities of the Commission on Medicolegal Investigation Records. Including but not limited to: meeting minutes, meeting agendas, and related documents; commission member appointments and correspondence (including Assistant Medical Examiners); historical data including formation of the Commission.
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