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Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office

Awareness and Prevention Programs

• Every 15 Minutes - teenage alcohol awareness program

Classes for children dealing with a death of a loved one

• Little Hands
• Healing Hearts

Classes for retired adults ("GRAVE matters")

• Drake University RaySociety Lifelong Learning

Forensics

• A.A.F.S. - American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• A.B.C. - American Board of Criminalistics
• A.B.F.A. - American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Inc.
• A.B.F.D.E. - American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc.
• A.B.F.E. - American Board of Forensic Entomology
• A.B.F.O. - American Board of Forensic Odontology
• A.B.F.T. - American Board of Forensic Toxicology
• A.B.M.D.I. - American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Inc.
• A.B.P. - American Board of Pathology
• A.B.P.N. – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.
• A.F.I.P. - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
• M.E.C.I.S.P. - Medical Examiner and Coroner Information Sharing Program
• F.S.A.B. - Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board
• N.A.M.E. - National Association of Medical Examiners

Government

• C.D.C. - Centers for Disease Control
• D.H.H.S. - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• F.E.M.A. - Federal Emergency Management Agency
• F.B.I. - Federal Bureau of Investigations
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• V.A. - Department of Veterans Affairs

Relevant laws and statutes

• Iowa Admin Code 641-101 Death Certification, autopsy and disinterment
• Iowa Admin Code 641-104 Copies of vital records
• Iowa Admin Code 641-127 County Medical Examiners
• Iowa Code 022.7 Confidential records
• Iowa Code 144.28 Medical Certification
• Iowa Code 333.801 County Medical Examiner - appointment, qualifications and assistants
• Iowa Code 333.802 Deaths - reported and investigated
• Iowa Code 333.805 Prohibited actions - cremation permit - penalties
• Iowa Code 633.211-226 Rules of inheritance

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