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Amend Resolution No. 463-19 regarding autopsies
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE TO AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 463-19
WHEREAS, Legislative Resolution No. 463-19 amended the rates of pay for pathological services as
follows:
1. $1,300 per non-forensic autopsy performed.
2. $1,500 per forensic/homicide autopsy performed
3. $800 per examination of a body without performance of an autopsy (external).
4. $200 per day or portion thereof, required for testimony in any court or proceeding related to services
performed as a pathologist.
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Coroner’s Office has recommended that there be an increase to the
current rate of pay for non-forensic autopsies performed from $1,300 to $1,400 per autopsy and increase the forensic/homicide rate from $1,500 to $1,600 with all other rates of pay will remaining the same.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature hereby sets the rate of
pay to $1,400 per non-forensic autopsy and $1,600 per forensic/homicide, effective January 1, 2025.
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