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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS 19a-400 et seq.

Agency History :

1970, Commission on Medicolegal Investigations established per P.A. 69-699.
1971, July 1, name change to Office of Chief Medical Examiner per P.A. 71-412, although the Commission remains as the body that appoints the Chief Medical Examiner.

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Not Available.

Annual Reports are located in :

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version

State Archives Record Group : RG 003 (Judicial Dept.)

List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service

Elliot M. Gross, M.D.

1971-1979

Catherine A. Galvin, M.D. (Acting)

1979-1980

Catherine A. Galvin, M.D.

1980-1985

H. Wayne Carver, II, M.D.

1985-1986

James L. Luke, M.D.

1986-1988

H. Wayne Carver, II, M.D. (Deputy)

1988-1989

H. Wayne Carver, II, M.D.

1989-Present

 

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 6/2008.