The Act provides for review of “each death” under the Act by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Act, states:
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall review each death involving a qualified patient who ingests a covered medication [lethal drug] and, if warranted by the review, may conduct an investigation. (Emphasis added).The Act, § 6(i)(1) .
The Act, however, has no mechanism for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to know when a death under the Act has occurred: