Functions of Departments under the Provincial Forensic Center in Vietnam

Functions of Departments under the Provincial Forensic Center in Vietnam - Illustrative image

in the Appendix issued together with Circular 42/2015/TT-BYT stipulating the duties of the Departments under the Provincial Forensic Center in Vietnamas follows:

- Department of Forensic Examination

- Organize and conduct forensic examinations on bodily injuries, determine the cause of death, remains, the mechanism of injury formation, injury-causing objects, sexual, age, and file-based examinations, etc.;

- Conduct other examinations as prescribed by law;

Participate in the Execution Council for capital punishment;

- Perform pre-marital health examinations;

- Determine brain death for the purpose of organ and tissue donation, collection, and transplantation as prescribed by law;

- Research and apply scientific advancements in the field of forensic medicine;

- Perform other tasks assigned by the Director of the Center.

- Department of Pathological Anatomy

- Conduct histological and cytological tests to determine the morphology and extent of injuries;

- Conduct scientific research in the field of forensic pathology;

- Perform other tasks assigned by the Director of the Center.

- Department of Testing and Imaging Diagnosis

- Conduct subclinical tests for forensic examinations;- Implement imaging diagnostic techniques for forensic examinations;

- Research and apply scientific advancements in the field of forensic medicine;

- Perform other tasks assigned by the Director of the Center.

More details can be found in Circular 42/2015/TT-BYT, issued on November 16, 2015.

Le Vy

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