International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners

The International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IAC&ME) is a United States-based professional society composed primarily of coroners, with a smaller number of members who are medical examiners.{{cite book|last1=Hanzlick|first1=Randy|title=Death Investigation: Systems and Procedures|date=2016|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1420044768|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Jb0HgcWYaAC|access-date=2020-10-02|archive-date=2022-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715145056/https://books.google.com/books?id=9Jb0HgcWYaAC|url-status=live}}

Founded in 1939 as the National Association of Coroners, in 1969 the society changed its name to the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners.{{cite book|last1=Hirschhorn|first1=Bernard|title=Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight for Better Government|date=1997|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=0313301441|page=160|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esBWfV6Dj-0C}}{{cite web|title=International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IAC and ME)|url=http://www.uia.org/s/or/en/1100000575|website=Open Yearbook|publisher=Union of International Associations|accessdate=September 2, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903122945/http://www.uia.org/s/or/en/1100000575|url-status=live}}

The IAC&ME offers accreditation to coroner and medical examiner offices which meet a set of association-defined requirements.{{cite web|title=Accreditation of Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices|url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ncfs/pages/attachments/2015/02/25/mdi_accreditation_final_as_amended_1_30_15.pdf|website=U.S. Department of Justice|publisher=National Commission on Forensic Science|accessdate=September 2, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501092553/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ncfs/pages/attachments/2015/02/25/mdi_accreditation_final_as_amended_1_30_15.pdf|url-status=live}} The IAC&ME accreditation requirements are essentially identical to those of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), however, unlike NAME the IACME does not require accredited agencies to have on-site autopsy facilities. Once granted, accreditation is valid for five years.{{cite book|last1=Bucholtz|first1=Ann|title=Death Investigation: An Introduction to Forensic Pathology for the Nonscientist|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1317522942|page=13}} As of 2017, 25 coroner and medical examiner offices held accreditations from the IAC&ME.{{cite web|title=Accreditation|url=http://theiacme.com/accreditation|website=theiacme.org|publisher=International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners|accessdate=September 2, 2017|archive-date=September 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903115922/http://theiacme.com/accreditation|url-status=live}}