Enrolled Senate Bill 1183 Summary

• Requires Board of Medicolegal Investigations to hold annual elections for chair and vice-chair positions, with members limited to two consecutive years in the same capacity.

• Authorizes Chief Medical Examiner to teach in any educational capacity and appoints a Deputy Chief Medical Examiner to serve when the Chief Medical Examiner is absent, ill, or disqualified.

• Expands death investigation requirements to include bodies donated to educational entities and removes restrictions on autopsies for executed inmates.

• Modifies medical examiner compensation structure and establishes fee schedule for forensic services, permits, and reports with specified dollar ranges.

• Requires medical examiners to document and report drug-related deaths to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, and mandates bodies be released to funeral directors within 24 hours of receipt unless investigation ongoing.