NAME Referral Criteria
Definition
The National Association of Medical Examiners consensus criteria for deaths that should receive medico-legal investigation. Categories include sudden unexpected death in apparently healthy individuals, violent deaths, drug and alcohol overdose, deaths in custody, and child deaths below a defined age threshold.
Related terms
- BNSS § 194
- Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (replacing CrPC § 174). Requires a police inquest for deaths that are sudden,...
- Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (CJA 2009)
- The primary UK statute governing HM Coroner's jurisdiction in England and Wales. Section 1(2) triggers a duty to investigate when the coroner...
- CPP Articles 74-75 (France)
- Articles 74 and 74-1 of the French Code de procédure pénale governing the procureur de la République's investigative authority over deaths in...
- INTERPOL DVI Protocol
- The INTERPOL Disaster Victim Identification protocol (last revised 2022), which defines standardised Post-Mortem (PM) data-collection forms and the matching process between PM...
- Medical Examiner (US)
- A physician (typically a board-certified forensic pathologist) appointed by government authority to investigate deaths within their jurisdiction. Distinguished from the elected Coroner...
Explained in
- Which Deaths Require a Medico-Legal AutopsyThe National Association of Medical Examiners consensus criteria for deaths that should receive medico-legal investigation. Categories include sudden unexpecte...