1241 W Bayaud Ave
Denver, CO 80223
(720) 913-1311
DENVER OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER PREFACE The Coroner is an elected office pursuant to the Constitution of Colorado. State law defines the cases that are Coroner cases in Section 30-10-606, Colorado Revised Statutes. By the state Constitution, Denver is a combined City and County. The City and County ordinance states that the position of Coroner is to be an appointed position, chosen by the Manager of the Department of Environmental Health. These duties are entrusted to the Chief Medical Examiner. The Coroner makes all proper inquiry respecting the cause and manner of death of any of the following circumstances. 1. From external violence, unexplained cause, or under suspicious circumstances; 2. Where no physician is in attendance, or where, though in attendance, the physician is unable to certify the cause of death; 3. From thermal, chemical or radiation injury; 4. From criminal abortion, including any situation where such abortion may have been self induced; 5. From a disease which may be hazardous or contagious or which may constitute a threat to the health of the general public; 6. While in the custody of law enforcement officials or while incarcerated in a public institution; 7. When death was sudden and happened to a person who was in good health, or; 8. From an industrial accident.
CRSP is a division of the Colorado Department of Human Services and funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement, under the authority of the Refugee Act of 1980. Its goal is to ensure effective resettlement of officially designated refugees and to promote refugee self sufficiency. Refugees are federally defined as having legal status and a lawful presence in the state. The agency is committed to a holistic approach to refugee resettlement. Our services and programs support refugees and the larger receiving community working together to build the social capital necessary to both sustain a welcoming environment for refugees as well as a return on investment for the mainstream. Working with local partners, CRSP supported services include: ESL classes, job training, cash assistance, legal services, and health care.