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Attachment F Attachment F Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Fee Schedule The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department will impose the charges listed below for each of the services identified: Expert Witness Fees Fees for expert testimony services provided by the medical, toxicology, and other professional staff are comparable to those charged in the private sector. Hourly rates are billable to the nearest quarter of an hour. District Medical Examiner, Associate Medical Examiner, and Toxicology Laboratory Director Court time, deposition time, conference and phone conference time $330/hr or $2,200/day Review of records and Preparation time $110/hr Wait or travel time to testify in court or at deposition (up to one-hour, thereafter at “Court time . .” rate) $85/hr Other Professional Staff (including Toxicologist, Investigators, Photographers, and Supervisors Court time, deposition time, conference and phone conference time $165/hr or $1,100/day Review of records and Preparation time $85/hr Wait or travel time to testify in court or at deposition (up to one-hour limit thereafter at “Court time . .” rate) $55/hr Medical Examiner Approval Fees Florida statutes mandate that the Medical Examiner review each body disposition request arising within the county that involves cremation, anatomical donation, burial at sea, or fetal death. $65/case Indigent Cremation Services The Indigent Cremation Services(ICS) program assists indigent families with final disposition. Families providing proof of receiving current government assistance under one or more of the programs listed below will pay: $110 • Food Stamps • Medicaid • Supplemental Security Income • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Families unable to provide proof of receiving current government assistance will be charged a fee equivalent to the per-cremation cost incurred by Miami-Dade County of: $400 2 * All hourly rates are billable to the nearest quarter of an hour. Attachment F PIP Storage Fee Charge to families choosing to make private arrangements after a body has been transported and stored at the ME facility $330 PIP Pre-Approval Administrative Review Fee $55 PIP Shipping Fee Requests from families for mailing or shipping cremains via USPS Domestic $85 Pathology Services for non-ME Cases Requests occasionally arise from county citizens for autopsy services on cases that do not fall under ME jurisdiction (outside of Chapter 406 of the Florida Statutes) Autopsy of non-ME case(s) processed by Department (excluding Laboratory services or other expenses which will be also charged) $5,500/case Autopsy of non-ME case(s) processed by ME pathologist off-site (Administrative/supply fee)(excluding Laboratory services or other expenses which will be also charged) $110/request ME examination and death certification of non-ME case(s)(excluding Laboratory services or other expenses which will be also charged) $770/case Death Certification Review Cause of death review fee for burial, entombment, or removal from state $22 Research and correction fee for improperly certified cause of death $220 Public Records Public records requests for Medical Examiner reports (e.g., autopsy protocol, toxicology report) will be charged as per Florida Statute 119.07 Copies or duplications of X-rays $5/copy Photo duplication – See schedule for Photographic and Imaging Services (below). Paternity Testing Requests are made to the ME Toxicology Laboratory for biological samples from decedents to be prepared for DNA paternity testing. Fee covers the cost of personnel time and supplies used to prepare and ship the samples to independent laboratories for analysis. Paternity testing sample preparation $55 3 * All hourly rates are billable to the nearest quarter of an hour. Attachment F Laboratory Services The ME Toxicology Laboratory provides toxicology services to other districts as well as to outside law enforcement agencies. Prices may be negotiated for bulk contracts on a per-case fee based on a minimum number of cases per year. Otherwise individual test fees indicated below will apply. Additional tests may be implemented and will be billed on a comparable basis to established fees. Spec New Test Specimen Test Type Method Analyte Test Description Quantity Price Acetaminophen Quantitation Blood, gastric, Quantitation of acetaminophen by Quantitation HPLC-UV 4 mL Acetaminophen $ 60.00 (HPLC) tissues HPLC-UV Screen by GC-FID for Acidic and Neutral Drugs (barbiturates, Acid Neutral Drug Screen (GC- Blood, gastric, Multiple acid neutral Screen GC-FID 2 mL $ 60.00 meprobamate, carisoprodal, FID) tissues drugs phenytoin, carbamazepine, glutethimide) Confirmation of a broad range of Acid/Neutral Drug Confirmation Blood, gastric, Multiple acid neutral Confirmation GC-MS 2 mL $ 60.00 acidic and neutral drugs detected (GC-MS) tissues drugs in screen, by GC-MS Alprazolam Quantitation (GC- Blood, gastric, Quantitation of alprazolam by GC- Quantitation GC-ECD 2 mL Alprazolam $ 60.00 ECD) tissue, serum ECD Amitriptyline/Nortriptyline Blood, gastric, Amitriptyline, Quantitation of amitriptyline and/or Quantitation HPLC-UV 2 mL $ 60.00 Quantitation (HPLC) tissues nortriptyline nortriptyline by HPLC Amobarbital Quantitation (GC- Blood, gastric, Quantitation of amobarbital by GC- Quantitation GC-FID 2 mL Amobarbital $ 60.00 FID) tissues FID Amoxapine/Loxapine Blood, gastric, Quantitation of amoxapine and/or Quantitation GC-NPD 2 mL Amoxapine, loxapine $ 60.00 Quantitation (GC-NPD) tissues loxapine by GC-NPD Multiple ELISA screen for amphetamine, Amphetamine screen (ELISA) Blood, tissue Screen ELISA 2 mL sympathomimetic $ 12.00 methamphetamine, MDMA, MDA, amines PMA, PMMA Quantitation of amphetamine Amphetamine/Methamphetamine Blood, gastric, Amphetamine, Quantitation GC-MS 2 mL $ 90.00 and/or methamphetamine by GC- Quantitation (GC-MS) tissues methamphetamine MS-SIM Screen for a broad range of cross Barbiturates screen (ELISA) Blood, tissues Screen ELISA 2 mL Multiple barbiturates $ 12.00 reactive barbiturates by ELISA in blood or tissue homogenates 1 * All hourly rates are billable to the nearest quarter of an hour. Attachment F Spec New Test Specimen Test Type Method Analyte Test Description Quantity Price Confirmation of a broad range of Basic Drug Confirmation (GC- Blood, tissues Confirmation GC/MS 2 mL Multiple basic drugs $ 60.00 basic drugs detected in screen, by MS) GC-MS Basic, Neutral and Acid Drug Screen for a broad range of GC-TSD- Multiple basic, acidic, Blood/Tissue Screen (GC-TSD- Blood, tissues Screen 2 mL $ 90.00 acidic, basic, and neutral drugs by FID-MS and neutral drugs FID-MS) GC-TSD-FID-MS. Benzodiazepine Confirmation Blood, tissues, Multiple Confirmation of benzodiazepines Confirmation LC/MS/MS 3 mL $ 90.00 (LC/MS/MS) gastric benzodiazepines detected in screens by LC/MS/MS Multiple ELISA screen for multiple Benzodiazepine Screen (ELISA) Blood, tissues Screen ELISA 2 mL $ 12.00 benzodiazepines benzodiazepines Blood or tissue screen by GC-ECD for benzodiazepine classed drugs including: diazepam, nordiazepam, Benzodiazepine Screen (GC- Blood, gastric, Multiple chlordiazepoxide, flurazepam, Screen GC-ECD 2 mL $ 60.00 ECD) tissues benzodiazepines alprazolam, triazolam, lorazepam, temazepam, clonazepam, quazepam, estazolam, desalkylflurazepam Benzodiazepin Benzodiazepines e Confirmation and quantitation of Confirmation Multiple Confirmation/Quantitation Confirmation/Q LC/MS/MS 2 mL $125.00 multiple benzodiazepines by / Quantitation benzodiazepines (LC/MS/MS uantitation LC/MS/MS (LC/MS/MS) Full Scan GC-MS confirmation of Benzoylecgonine Confirmation Urine, serum, Benzoylecgonine, Confirmation GC-MS 3 mL $ 60.00 cocaine, benzoylecgonine and (GC-MS) blood cocaine, cocaethylene cocaethylene Benzoylecgonine Quantitation Quantitation by GC-MS of Blood, tissues Quantitation GC-MS 5 grams Benzoylecgonine $ 90.00 (GCMS) benzoylecgonine Bupivacaine Quantitation (GC- Blood, gastric, Quantitation of Bupivacaine by Quantitation GC-NPD 2 mL Bupivacaine $ 60.00 NPD) tissues GC-NPD Buprenorphine/Naloxone Buprenorphine, Confirmation and quantitation of Confirmation Confirmation/Quantitation Blood, tissues LC/MS/MS 2 mL norbuprenorphine, $125.00 buprenorphine, norbuprenorphine, / Quantitation (LCMS/MS) naloxone and naloxone by LC/MS/MS Blood, gastric, Quantitation of butalbital by GC- Butalbital Quantitation (GC-FID) Quantitation GC-FID 2 mL Butalbital $ 60.00 tissues FID 2 * All hourly rates are billable to the nearest quarter of an hour. Attachment F Spec New Test Specimen Test Type Method Analyte Test Description Quantity Price Blood, gastric, Quantitation of caffeine by GC- Caffeine Quantitation (GC-NPD) Quantitation GC-NPD 2 mL Caffeine $ 60.00 tissues NPD Cannabinoid THC, 11-OH-THC, Quantitation and confirmation of Blood, tissues, Confirmation Confirmation/Quantitation LC/MS/MS 2 mL and THC- $125.00 THC, 11-OH-THC, and THC- urine / Quantitation (LCMS/MS) COOH COOH by LC/MS/MS Cannabinoid Screen (ELISA) Blood, tissue Screen ELISA 2 mL $ 12.00 ELISA screen for cannabinoids Spectophotometric analysis (Co- Screen/Quan CO- Carbon Monoxide (CO-OX) Blood 3 mL Carboxyhemaglobin $ 30.00 oximeter) for % titation OXIMETER carboxyhemoglobin Colorimetric screening for carbon Carbon Monoxide (Diffusion) Blood, tissues Screen Diffusion 10 mL Carbon Monoxide $ 60.00 monoxide Carisoprodal/Meprobamate Blood, gastric, Carisoprodal and Quantitation of carisoprodol and/or Quantitation GC-FID 4 mL $ 60.00 Quantitation (GC-FID) tissues Meprobamate meprobamate by GC-FID Chlorcyclzine Quantitation (GC- Blood, gastric, Quantitation of chlorcyclizine by
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