Facility and agency death reporting

These online reporting forms are intended for hospital and hospice staff only.  If a death has occurred outside of a medical facility without medical attendance, please call 911. 

Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office reviews all deaths that occur in Clark County. To assist in streamlining the reporting process, please utilize these online reporting forms. 

If there are questions about the potential of the Medical Examiner’s Office having jurisdiction of the cause of death or if there is additional information to communicate with our staff, please complete the online reporting form then call our office, 564.397.8405 option 3. 

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Per RCW 68.50.010, the Medical Examiner's Office assumed jurisdiction when:

The jurisdiction of bodies of all deceased persons who come to their death suddenly when in apparent good health without medical attendance within the 36 hours preceding death; or where the circumstances of death indicate death was caused by unnatural or unlawful means; or where death occurs under suspicious circumstances; or where a coroner's autopsy or postmortem or coroner's inquest is to be held; or where death results from unknown or obscure causes, or where death occurs within one year following an accident; or where the death is caused by any violence whatsoever, whether self-induced or otherwise; where death apparently results from drowning, hanging, burns, electrocution, gunshot wounds, stabs or cuts, lightning, starvation, radiation, exposure, alcoholism, narcotics or other addictions, tetanus, strangulations, suffocation or smothering; or where death is due to a violent contagious disease or suspected contagious disease which may be a public health hazard; or where death results from alleged rape, carnal knowledge or sodomy, where death occurs in a jail or prison; where a body is found dead or is not claimed by relatives or friends, is hereby vested in the county coroner or medical examiner, which bodies may be removed and placed in the morgue under such rules as are adopted by the coroner or medical examiner with the approval of the county commissioners, having jurisdiction, providing therein how the bodies shall be brought to and cared for at the morgue and held for the proper identification where necessary.

Hospital online reporting

Guidance for hospitals reporting deaths: 

  1. Complete each section in the reporting form, as applicable.
  2. The reported details should coincide with medical records, such as date of birth, date of death, time of death.
    1. If there are multiple MRN’s due to a trauma name, please enter both.
  3. If there are circumstances our office should be aware of, please complete the online form then call our office to discuss, 564.397.8405 option 3.
  4. If you are aware of religious customs that require timely attention for disposition, please communicate with the funeral home. 

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office reviews every death that occurs in Clark County.  Thank you for notifying our office and assisting in streamlining this process.

Hospice online reporting

Guidance for hospice agencies reporting deaths: 

  1. Complete each section in the reporting form, as applicable.
  2. The reported details should coincide with medical records, such as date of birth, date of death, time of death.
  3. If there are circumstances our office should be aware of, please complete the online form then call our office to discuss, 564.397.8405 option 3.
  4. If you are aware of religious customs that require timely attention for disposition, please communicate with the funeral home. 

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office reviews every death that occurs in Clark County.  Thank you for notifying our office and assisting in streamlining this process.