Medical Examiners Office

As part of its statutorily mandated duties, the Medical Examiners Commission has certain disciplinary oversight of medical examiner activities. Commission staff provides assistance to Commission members on issues related to the statutory mandates of the Commission, legislative issues, maintenance of Commission Rules and other administrative issues.

State health officials reported 2,673 new COVID-19 cases, Tuesday, increasing the statewide total to 605,502 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 183 new coronavirus-related deaths, Aug. 25, bringing the statewide death toll to 10,717 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.The downturn in the number of COVID-19 tests being reported in Florida continues, even though public health experts say more testing is crucial to containing the virus.