313.161 Cost of autopsy when death occurred in another county.
313.161 Cost of autopsy when death occurred in another county.
Whenever an autopsy is performed, and the injury causing death occurred within the boundaries of a county other than the one in which the autopsy was performed, such other county shall pay the costs of the autopsy. The cost of such autopsy shall be no greater than the actual value of the services of the technicians and materials used. Money derived from the fees paid for such autopsies shall be credited to the coroner’s laboratory fund created in section 313.16 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 11-06-1969