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 Oct. 26, 2024).

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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
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Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 939’s source at nysenate​.gov

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