County asks state to amend Post-Mortem Examination Act

ELIZABETHTON STAR – Reacting to a growth in autopsies performed by ETSU’s William L. Jenkins Forensic Center for Carter County, the county commission voted to ask the Tennessee General Assembly to make a key change to state law.

During this month’s meeting, the commission approved unanimously, 23-0, a resolution to request that State Representatives for Carter County present legislation that would amend the Post-Mortem Examination Act so that only district attorneys, with the consultation of local law enforcement, can call for autopsies.

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