N.Y. County Law Section 939
Medical assistants in counties of New York and Kings


The district attorneys of the county of New York and of the county of Kings are each authorized and empowered to appoint and at pleasure to remove a medical assistant, who shall be a physician and surgeon, resident of the county in which he is appointed, and who shall have been for at least ten years duly licensed to practice medicine in this state. It shall be the duty of such medical assistant, under the supervision and direction of the district attorney, to examine into and report on all cases of suspicious, sudden and unusual death and wounding within the county, and to perform such duties as the district attorney may direct in connection with the official duties of such district attorney in the enforcement and administration of the criminal laws. Such medical assistant shall have the power and authority, whenever so directed by the district attorney, to dissect, perform an autopsy upon, or attend an autopsy upon any dead body of a human being. The salaries of the medical assistants of the county of New York and of the county of Kings shall be fixed and determined by the district attorney of New York county and the board of estimate, respectively, and shall be county charges.

Source: Section 939 — Medical assistants in counties of New York and Kings, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CNT/939 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 16, 2024).

900
Devolution of powers and duties on the county of Bronx
901
Office of the sheriff
902
Certain office hours
903
Official seals and signatures
904
Court and trust fund register and liability of officers
905
Liability of commissioner of finance and surety for loss of court and trust funds
906
Liability of city of New York for loss of court and trust funds
907
Certain publications in county of Bronx
908
Appointment and salary of county clerks
909
Additional general duties of county clerks
910
Official undertakings of county clerks
911
Appointment and salaries of counsel to the county clerks
912
Subordinate employees in offices of county clerks
913
Official undertakings of subordinates in offices of county clerks
914
Duties of deputy county clerks
915
Fees of county clerks
916
Accounts of money to be kept in offices of county clerks
917
Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks
918
General provisions pertaining to records in offices of county clerks
919
Block indices in offices of county clerks
919–A
Block indices in the office of the county clerk in the county of Richmond
920
Alphabetical indices in offices of county clerks
921
Current minute books and indices in office of county clerk of New York county
922
Judgment docket in office of county clerk of New York county
923
Current docket books and filing for Bronx county
924
Photo recording
925
Certificate of searching records and copies
926
Election of district attorneys
927
General duties of district attorneys
928
Salary of district attorneys
929
Official undertaking of district attorneys
930
Assistant district attorneys
931
Employees of the district attorneys in counties contained within the city of New York
932
Exemption of district attorneys from payment of certain fees
933
Appropriations for extraordinary criminal actions
934
Cost of removed criminal trials
935
Disposition of property by district attorney of New York county
937
County detectives in counties within city of New York
938
County detective in counties of Bronx and Kings, County detectives are hereby empowered, under the direction of the district attorney by ...
939
Medical assistants in counties of New York and Kings
940
Commissioner of finance as trustee of cemetery lots
940–A
Food and lodging for certain jurors
941
Liability for torts
942
Duty to furnish facilities for courts of record
943
Representation of indigent persons accused of crime

Accessed:
Mar. 16, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 939’s source at nysenate​.gov

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