International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners

The International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IAC&ME) is a United States-based professional society composed primarily of coroners, with a smaller number of members who are medical examiners.[1]

Founded in 1939 as the National Association of Coroners, in 1969 the society changed its name to the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.[2][3]

The IAC&ME offers accreditation to coroner and medical examiner offices which meet a set of association-defined requirements.[4] The IAC&ME accreditation requirements are essentially identical to those of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), however, unlike NAME the IACME does not require accredited agencies to have on-site autopsy facilities.[4] Once granted, accreditation is valid for five years.[5] As of 2017, 25 coroner and medical examiner offices held accreditations from the IAC&ME.[6]

References
  1. Hanzlick, Randy (2016). Death Investigation: Systems and Procedures. CRC Press. p. 138. ISBN 1420044761.
  2. Hirschhorn, Bernard (1997). Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight for Better Government. Greenwood. p. 160. ISBN 0313301441.
  3. "International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IAC and ME)". Open Yearbook. Union of International Associations. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. "Accreditation of Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. National Commission on Forensic Science. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. Bucholtz, Ann (2014). Death Investigation: An Introduction to Forensic Pathology for the Nonscientist. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 131752294X.
  6. "Accreditation". theiacme.org. International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
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