Death Investigations Putnam County Sheriff's Office - PDF

**PUTNAM COUNTY** **SHERIFF'S OFFICE** **H. D. "GATOR" DELOACH, SHERIFF** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | **GENERAL | Effective | Rescinds/Am | Number: | | | ORDER** | Date: | ends: | | |...

**PUTNAM COUNTY** **SHERIFF'S OFFICE** **H. D. "GATOR" DELOACH, SHERIFF** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | **GENERAL | Effective | Rescinds/Am | Number: | | | ORDER** | Date: | ends: | | | | | | | 4300.00 | | | | 01/03/2017 | **Signature | | | | | | on File** | | | | | REV. | | | | | | 01/05/2024 | | | +=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+ | | Subject: | | | | | | DEATH | | | | | | INVESTIGATI | | | | | | ONS | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | Accreditati | | | | | | on | | | | | | Standards: | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ INDEXED AS: Attended Death Death Investigation Homicide Investigation, Death Unattended Death Overdose Deaths CONTENTS: I. MEDICAL EXAMINER II. ATTENDED NATURAL DEATHS III. UNATTENDED DEATHS IV. ACIDENTAL DEATHS V. SUICIDE DEATH VI. HOMICIDES, SERIOUS ASSAULTS WHERE DEATH MAY RESULT VII. OVERDOSE DEATHS VIII. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT-OF-KIN IX. PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE DECEASED X. TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED POLICY: When any person dies in Putnam County as a result of violence, suicide, accident, suddenly when in apparent good health, when unattended by a physician, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, it shall be the duty of the Putnam County Sheriff\'s Office to investigate the death. I. MEDICAL EXAMINER II\. ATTENDED NATURAL DEATHS III\. UNATTENDED DEATHS IV\. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS V. SUICIDE DEATH VI\. HOMICIDES, SERIOUS ASSAULTS WHERE DEATH MAY RESULT ( Or any Deaths of a Suspicious Nature) VII\. OVERDOSE DEATHS **[Qualifying Substance]** a\. A substance controlled under s. 893.03(1); b\. Cocaine, as described in s. 893.03(2)(a)4.; c\. Opium or any synthetic or natural salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium; d\. Methadone; e\. Alfentanil, as described in s. 893.03(2)(b)1.; f\. Carfentanil, as described in s. 893.03(2)(b)6.; g\. Fentanyl, as described in s. 893.03(2)(b)9.; h\. Sufentanil, as described in s. 893.03(2)(b)30.; or I. A controlled substance analog, as described in s. 893.0356, of any substance specified in sub- subparagraphs a.-h. VIII\. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT-OF-KIN IX\. PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE DECEASED X. TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED A. In all cases, where the body is to be transported to the Medical Examiner\'s B. In those cases where the body is to be transported to the Medical Examiner\'s