MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: THE BEGINNING OF THE BIG WAY

The initial stage of the work organization and carrying out of medico-legal examinations in the system of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is clarified. The prospects of activities of the medico-legal experts of the Investigative Committee in the light of the founding a separate expert institution are discussed.. As a result of the positive experience obtained from the work of the medico-legal experts of the Investigative Committee, the regional departments of the Investigative Committee were given the opportunity to introduce the positions of medico-legal experts. The department of medico-legal examinations was created in the department of organization of forensic science activities of the Main Department of Forensic Science (Forensic Center), the head of the department was appointed, and painstaking work was begun on selection of personnel and organization of the performing the medico-legal examinations.