The purposes of chapter 16, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. are declared by the legislature to be as follows: (1) To preserve and enhance the state crime laboratory and state toxicology laboratory, which are essential parts of the criminal justice and death investigation systems in the state of Washington; (2) To fund the death investigation system and to make related state and local institutions more efficient; (3) To provide resources necessary for the performance, by qualified pathologists, of autopsies which are also essential to the criminal justice and death investigation systems of this state and its counties; (4) To improve the performance of death investigations and the criminal justice system through the formal training of county coroners and county medical examiners; (5) To establish and maintain a dental identification system; and (6) To provide flexibility so that any county may establish a county morgue when it serves the public interest. [ 1999 c 40 s 2; 1995 c 398 s 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 16 s 1.]
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