# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 35 — Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

### Chapter 01 — Medical Examiner Cases

#### Regulation .04 Deaths Due to Fire.

*COMAR 10.35.01.04*

A. Fire Fighters and State Fire Marshal Personnel. The medical examiner shall perform an autopsy and complete toxicological examination of any fire fighter or sworn personnel of the State Fire Marshal's Office who dies in the line of duty or whose death appears to have been caused by:

  (1) Fire;

  (2) Toxic gases;

  (3) Toxic fire conditions; or

  (4) Fire-related circumstances.

B. Other Fire-Related Deaths. If a death occurs in a fire or is related to a fire, the medical examiner shall thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the death and report the death to the Center for the Study of the Health Effects of Fire in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Maryland.