Death at Home

Sometime the person is at home under the treatment of the doctor or under the hospice care. If death occurs and the person is under hospice care then call hospice, do not call 911. Hospice nurse will come. After contacting their physican and County Medical Examiner, nurse will pronounce the death.

If the person is not under hospice care then call 911 and police will come and will contact the Medical Examiner. Medical Examiner on the phone will decide either release the body to funeral home or ask to bring the body to them.

Give Rahma Funeral Home contact information to the nurse or Medical Examiner so that they can call Rahma for pick up once body is ready for release.

The dead human body is considered Quasi-Property which is the accepted legal status. Rights associated with the body are as if it were property for the purpose of disposition only.

Responsibility for Final Disposition

House Holder: The person who own or control the property where the death occurred.
Surviving spouse.
Next of Kin.
Public authority.

Medical Examiner Contact Information

Medical Examiner Dallas County Institute of forensic sciences Med Exam Office /Crime Invest Lab Jeffrey J. Barnard, M.D. 2355 N. Stemmons Fwy Dallas, Texas 75207 Phone: (214)920-5900 Office Fax: (214)920-5908	Medical Examiner Collin County William Rohr, M.D. Collin County Medical Examiner 700 B Wilmeth Rd. McKinney, TX 75069 Phone: 972-548-3775 (McKinney) 972-424-1460 ext. 3775 (Metro) Fax: 972-548-3760
Medical Examiner Tarrant County Nizam Peerwani, M.D. Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County Medical Examiner and Forensic Science Laboratories 200 Feliks Gwozdz Place, Fort Worth, TX 76104-4919 Phone: (817) 920-5700 Fax: (817) 920-5713	Medical Examiner Denton County 306 N. Loop 288 Suite 140 Denton, Texas 76209-4887 Phone: (940) 349-2870 (Metro) (972) 434-8833 (Metro) (940) 898-5600 (After 5:00pm, Weekends, and Holidays) Fax: (940) 349-2871 (Metro)