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PDFWAC 218-04-010

Purpose and duties.

The forensic investigations council is established pursuant to chapter 398, Laws of 1995. The purpose of the forensic investigations council is to:
(1) Preserve and enhance the state crime laboratory;
(2) Fund the death investigation system and to make related state and local institutions more efficient;
(3) Preserve and enhance the state toxicology laboratory;
(4) Provide resources necessary for the performance, by qualified pathologists, of autopsies;
(5) Improve the performance of death investigations and the criminal justice system through the formal training of county coroners and county medical examiners;
(6) Establish and maintain a dental identification system; and
(7) Provide flexibility so that any county may establish a county morgue when it serves the public interest.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 34.05.020. WSR 96-16-062, ยง 218-04-010, filed 8/5/96, effective 9/5/96.]
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