Governor Moore Signs Executive Order after the death examination audit audit in Maryland Medical Examiner Practices has unveiled

Annapolis, Md. -Gouvenur Wes Moore signed an implementation regulation to improve the accountability and transparency in the implementation of investigations in connection with the reluctance in the customer after the publication of creeds in connection with the examination of the office of the Chief Medical Examiner from 2003-2019. The command extends the unprecedented cooperation between the governor's office, the office of the Attorney General, the office of the medical examiner, and a team of Maryland leaded team of medical examiners from world-class, forensic pathologists and social scientists, whose work to execute the first-the-the-nation audit to develop the opportunity to develop the opportunity to develop the opportunity Design and address.

“Maryland will continue to be a national leader in terms of accounting, measures and equal justice. This executive regulation brings us a step closer to a fair and more transparent system and has been made with the same values ​​that our approach has instructed to public security since the first day.” Sure, ” said governor Moore. “Maryland was the first state in the nation to start a comprehensive, methodological and objective exam of our office of Chief Medical Examiner. Today we are the nation's first state to respond to such an examination with a responsibility, which all brings on the table.”

“The results of our exam have uncovered profound failures that refused to the families the real picture of what happens to their relatives and weakened the public's trust in our institutions”, ” said Attorney General Brown. “Thanks to the management of governor Moores, our office is obliged to confront this wrongly and to rebuild the confidence in a system that should serve and protect all people equally. We will do everything to get families to get the information they need to heal, and will examine these cases again to determine what, if available, and how we can work, and how we can work to do so Reduce deaths to reduce deaths. “

The Executive order signed today contains the following:

• If the Attorney General, in consultation with the lawyers of the local state, directs to check every case contained in the audit to determine whether the case should be reopened for examination.
• Creates the Maryland Task Force in relation to the investigations that are reserved in the customer– A multidisciplinary unit consisting of state and government officials, the office of chief medical examiner, the Maryland Department of Health, Legal Professional, the law enforcement authorities, a lawyer of the community and experts in forensic pathology or medical death investigations that are charged with:

1. Determination of opportunities to improve the in Maryland in relation to customer -specific reluctance in connection with the death examinations in Maryland;
2. Recommendations for the establishment of a constant multidisciplinary nationwide supervisory committee to review future death research for all deaths in relation to customer -specific reluctance within the state;
3. Implementation of possibilities to reduce the risk of deaths in connection with reluctance;
4. Evaluation of the current training standards for law enforcement authorities and promoting greater cooperation with experts in mental health and drug abuse; And
5. Research the need and feasibility of implementing a subsequent examination.

• Get on the Maryland Ministry of Health, to check both the practice given in the examination and the political recommendations and to carry out a needs -based analysis to implement the recommendations in connection with the Chief Medical Examiner office.
• The Maryland Ministry of Health will also work with the Chief Medical Examiner office in order to improve the investigation of death in terms of customer -specific reluctance, to facilitate the necessary training and to ensure that the Chief Medical Examiner is consistently operating in accordance with the National Association of Medical Examiners.
• Calls for the Ministry of Health of Maryland and the Chief Medical Examiner office for facilitating their progress in fulfilling the tasks described in the Executive Ordinance.

The governor's executive order builds on previous measures that the Maryland Ministry of Health has implemented in order to increase the supervision and accountability in the Chief Medical Examiner office under the administration of Moore-Miller, including:

• Implementation of a national recruitment search and appointment of Dr. Stephanie Dean as chief medical examiner in November 2023; Under Dr. Deans leadership, the Chief Medical Examiner office:
• Agree to follow the recognized best practices of the recommendations of the National Association of Medical Examiners for the treatment of deaths in the customer;
• Keep regularly case conferences to support the medical examiners in completing difficult or complex cases by presenting the cases of a group of colleagues for review.
• Reduce the back of the fall and meet the name standard for the execution of 90% of the cases within 90 days.
• Reduced a lack of staff; And
• Kept a preliminary name acidification.

In 2023, the general assembly and governor Moore signed HB977. Legislation changed the role of the Post -Mortem examination commission and transferred direct responsibility and accountability for the office of the surgical company of the medical examiner to the Ministry of Health of Maryland, including the supervisory authority on the office of guidelines, procedures and the staff of Chief Medical Examiner.

In 2024, the general assembly and governor Moore said signed HB969. The legislation enables the families to correct the findings and conclusions in relation to the cause and type of death for the application of the Chief Medical Examiner office.

According to the state guidelines, you will find the Comar updates for regulations for the office of Chief Medical Examiner over a period of 10 years. The last update was completed in 2015. Approach is in progress to prepare a report on the administrative, executive and legislative committee with a planned final date of August 15, 2025.

“It is our responsibility as relatives of the health professions to understand, identify and remedy prejudices.” said Maryland Department of Health Secretary Dr. Meena Seshamani. “The Mary's Ministry of Health has worked closely with the general prosecutor's office and will continue to carry out thoughtful, transparent improvements that reflect our commitment to the services of Maryander.”

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