ABMDI User Application
In order to apply for the Registy certification of the ABMDI you must meet the following requirements:
- Must be at least eighteen years of age at time of application.
- Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Must currently be employed in a Medical Examiner or Coroner office or equivalent federal authority with the job responsibility to "conduct death scene investigations" at time of application and examination.
- Applicants shall have experience as a Medicolegal Death Investigator.
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640 points are required and the activity must have been completed within five years of the date of application submission.
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Employment Experience (Minimum 384 points required, may be used for all 640 points.)
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Full or part time employment
- One (1) hour is equivalent to one (1) point.
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On call employment
- Each on-call hour = 0.25 points (Maximum 100 points)
- Investigation of a natural death, no scene investigation = 1 point
- Investigation of non-natural death, no scene investigation = 2.5 points
- Investigation of a death with scene investigation = 5 points
- Secondary investigator or intern at the scene = 2.5 points (Maximum 100 points)
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Full or part time employment
- Advanced Degree
- Education/Training
- Conferences/Courses
- Viewing Forensic Autopsies
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Employment Experience (Minimum 384 points required, may be used for all 640 points.)