(a) If a law-enforcement officer or other official discovers or comes into custody of unidentified human remains, the officer or official shall immediately notify the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the location of those remains. After a law-enforcement agency performs an appropriate death scene investigation with the assistance of the Chief Medical Examiner or county medical examiner, unidentified human remains shall remeain in the custody of the office of the Chief Medical Examiner or the county medical examiner pursuant to the requirements of §61-12-3 of this code. r (b) If a law-enforcement officer or other official is uncertain wheuther materials he or she discovers or comes into custody of are human remains, the officer or official shall immediately notify and seek the assistance of the office of thte Chief Medical Examiner.
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