Some of the Specific duties and responsibilities are as follows:
Coordinates the investigation and determines the circumstances, manner, and cause of all violent, sudden, unattended, or unusual deaths
Selects the deputy coroners and other personnel as needed
Supervises and instructs employees
Orders and sees that autopsies are attended by either the Law Enforcement Agency or personnel of her office or both
Prepares annual budget requests for office
Notifies next of kin
Completes death certificates and cremation certificates
Orders and conducts inquest
Conducts meetings and conferences with Law Enforcement Agencies, attorneys, physicians, hospital personnel, funeral directors, news media, ambulance attendants, and the public
Prepares reports and press releases. Makes sure media does not release names and addresses until next-of-kin are notified
Gives presentations at schools, seminars, service clubs, nursing homes, and hospital staffs
Requests organ donations from next-of-kin and sees that those wishes are carried out
Procurement of blood and urine samples for the purpose of toxicology tests