New Yorkstate Association of Countycoroners and Medical Examiners

New YorkState Association of CountyCoroners and Medical Examiners

Spring 2008 Conference

Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30, 2008

Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York

LEGAL ISSUES FOR CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Friday, March 28, 2008

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.NYSACCME Board of Directors Meeting

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Registration

6:30 p.m. - Dinner on your own

Saturday, March 29, 2008

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Deborah H. Orecki, Director of the NYSDOHBureau of Funeral Directing

New YorkState Right of Disposition Law (PHL Article 42, Section 4201)

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Eileen Perry, Onondaga County Attorney’s Office

How HIPAA and theCountyLaw Affects the Medical

Examiner/Coroner

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Peter Carucci, John Russell and Leonard Kluz

NYS Department of Health

Electronic Death Certificates

12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Lunch and Accreditation meeting

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Mary E. Rain, Esq., Oswego County AssistantDistrict Attorney

City of FultonAttorney

Refusal of Autopsy, Unclaimed Remains, Indigent Deaths

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Charles V. Wetli, M.D., SuffolkCounty Chief Medical Examiner, Ret.

Modified Cardiectomy for Heart/Valve Donation

Sponsored by Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Charles V. Wetli, M.D., SuffolkCounty Chief Medical Examiner, Ret.

Medical Examiner/Coroner Protocol for Organ Tissue Donation

Sponsored by Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)

4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.Donald E. Todd, Esq., OswegoCounty Deputy Coroner/ADA

and Kari Reiber, M.D., DutchessCounty Chief Medical Examiner

Contesting the Medical Examiner’s Determination

5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.Free time

5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.Hospitality Suite - Sponsored by Upstate NY Transplant Services and Central NY Eye and Tissue Bank

6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Dinner/Guest Speaker – Tim Murphy, WarrenCounty Coroner,

Shane Ross, Warren County Chief Deputy,

and Michael Sikirica, M.D., RensselaerCounty Chief Medical Examiner

The Ethan Allen Case, Lake George

8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Business meeting

9:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.Hospitality Suite

Sunday, March 30, 2008

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Honorable Donald H. Dodd, Oswego County District Attorney

The Coroner’s Inquest

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Gregory S. Oakes, Esq., OswegoCounty Deputy Coroner/ADA

Penal Law Homicide charges

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Dr. Diane Vertes, Erie County Associate Chief Medical Examiner and Donald E. Todd, Esq., Oswego County Deputy Coroner/ADA

Differences between Criminal v. Medical Determinations of Homicidal and Accidental Deaths

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Mary E. Rain, Esq., Oswego County Assistant District Attorney

City of Fulton Attorney

Tips for Testifying

Total NYSACCME hours: Application submitted for 13 AAFP Prescribed Credits

NYSDOH approved credits for Funeral Directors: 12 CEU’s (including 2 law credits)

Updated: 02/09/08 SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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