Geauga County
Coroner's Office
- Qualifications: Must be a licensed physician in the state of Ohio for at least two years preceding his/her election or appointment.
- Duties/Authority: Investigates the CAUSE, MODE & MANNER of death when a person dies as a result of criminal or other violent means, by casualty, by suicide, or in any suspicious manner, or when a person, including a child under two years of age, dies suddenly when in apparent good health.
- May perform (or cause to be performed) autopsies, toxicology tests, and radiology exams as part of the investigation
- May testify in court as an expert witness of cause(s) of death.