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
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- ^ "International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IAC and ME)". Open Yearbook. Union of International Associations. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "Accreditation of Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. National Commission on Forensic Science. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ Bucholtz, Ann (2014). Death Investigation: An Introduction to Forensic Pathology for the Nonscientist. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 978-1317522942.
- ^ "Accreditation". theiacme.org. International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners. Retrieved September 2, 2017.