Section 5706 Of Chapter 5. Hearings From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 5.
5706
. Where it is represented to the appeals board, either before
or after the filing of an application, that an employee has died as a
result of injuries sustained in the course of his employment, the
appeals board may require an autopsy. The report of the physician
performing the autopsy may be received in evidence in any proceedings
theretofore or thereafter brought. If at the time the autopsy is
requested, the body of the employee is in the custody of the coroner,
the coroner shall, upon the request of the appeals board or of any
party interested, afford reasonable opportunity for the attendance of
any physicians named by the appeals board at any autopsy ordered by
him. If the coroner does not require, or has already performed the
autopsy, he shall permit an autopsy or reexamination to be performed
by physicians named by the appeals board. No fee shall be charged by
the coroner for any service, arrangement, or permission given by him.