Services
The following forensic expertise is provided at the State Forensic Medicine Service (SFMS):
1. Of the deceased (determination of the cause and time of death, injuries, injury-making mechanism, manner and time, health impairment level, age of the deceased, etc.);
2. Of living persons (determination of injuries, injury-making mechanism, manner and time, health impairment level; cases of rape, sexual abuse, molesting actions, etc.; general incapacity for work caused by injuries, state of health, etc.);
3. Deontological (evaluation of determining diagnosis, treatment tactics and other issues, except for the cases of alternative (unlicensed) personal health care, mental health diagnostics and treatment and cases of odontology (the issues of dental treatment, prosthetic quality cases, etc.);
4. Toxicological:
Determination of:
4.1. Ethyl alcohol in blood, urine and other biological material;
4.2. Alcohol surrogates and other volatile poisons (methyl, propyl, butyl and amyl alcohols, acetone, ethylene glycol, etc.) in biological material;
4.3. Narcotic and psychotropic substances in biological material;
4.4. Medicinal substances in biological material;
4.5. Acids, alkalis, organic phosphorus compounds and other chemical agents in biological material of the deceased;
4.6. Carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin in blood of the deceased.
5. Serological:
5.1. Determination of human blood, sperm, saliva;
5.2. AB0 system blood type in stains;
5.3. Morphological examination of hair.
6. DNA:
6.1. Determination of the identity of blood and other tissues, secretions, hair, substances of biological origin (comparing the investigated object‘s DNA profile with a particular person‘s DNA profile);
6.2. Personal identification;
6.3. Kinship relationship (paternity, maternity, brotherhood, children's substitution, etc.).
7. Osteological:
Determination of:
7.1. Bone type dependence;
7.2. The number of individuals;
7.3. Sex, biological age, body length and other group and individual identification characteristics in skeletons, bone residues affected by high temperature or highly active substances;
7.4. Sceletization period/time;
7.5. Personal identification (by image comparison, odontological identification methods;
7.6. Determination of the individual‘s biological age according to visual material.
8. Medical criminalistics:
8.1. Determination of injuries and injury-making mechanisms in objects provided for examination;
8.2. Group dependency of the injuring tool, identification of the tool according to injuries in the objects provided;
8.3. Investigation of gunshot injuries (determination of the bullet entrance and exit wounds (holes), determination of the projectile diametre and type dependence, presence of additional shooting factors, their impact traces, determination of the shooting distance.
9. Determination of metal concentration in biological objects;
10. Determination of plankton diatomies in biological objects and in water from the water pool;
11. Determination of glucose quantity in blood plasma of the deceased;
12. Determination of glycogen quantity in biological objects;
13. Histological (determination of microscopic structure of biological objects and their dependence to a specific organ; abnormal changes, the time and nature of injuries; determination of characteristics indicating the period of changes, by using special staining techniques).
Summary edition as of 28-09-2023
APPROVED
by the Director‘s of the State Forensic Medicine Service Order No. V-79 of October 24, 2017
(including the amendment of of the Director‘s of the State Forensic Medicine Service Order No. V-1 of January 3, 2023)
(including the amendment of the Director‘s of the State Forensic Medicine Service Order No. V-80 of September 28, 2023)
THE LIST OF EXPERT EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE STATE FORENSIC MEDICAL SERVICE FOR CHARGE
Serology and DNA Laboratory
No. | The cost of the Serology and DNA expert examination or part of the examination | Price, EUR |
1. | Determination of biological relationship, involving 3 objects (child, father, mother). Each additional person tested - additional 130 Eur. | 390,00 |
1.1 | Urgent (within one week) determination of biological relationship, involving 3 objects (child, father, mother). More children tested – additional 170 Eur for each child. | 510,00 |
2. | Biological paternity testing without a mother (father, child). More children tested – additional 200 Eur for each child. | 400,00 |
3. | Extraction of DNA from a bone tissue (1 object). For each additional comparative sample (saliva or blood) - 130 Eur. | 550,00 |
4. | Extraction of DNA from other biological objects and modified blood by organic extraction method (1 object). For each additional comparative sample – 130 Eur. | 300,00 |
5. | Comparing DNA profiles (2 objects). | 21,00 |
6. | Determination of the presence of human blood (1 object). | 50,00 |
7. | Detection of sperm (1 object). | 50,00 |
8. | Detection of saliva (1 object). | 40,00 |
9. | Morphological examination of hair (1 object). | 45,00 |
10. | Collection of a blood, saliva sample (per 1 person). | 24,00 |
11. | Collection and storage of saliva samples | 44,40 |
Medical Criminalistics Laboratory
No. | The cost of medical criminalistic expert examination or part of the examination | Price, EUR |
1. | Full osteological examination of one skeleton. | 179,30 |
2. | Osteological examination of one skeleton (personal identification test) by performing video comparison. | 199,80 |
3. | Osteological examination of one skeleton (personal identification test) by performing video comparison and based on medical documentation. | 277,70 |
4. | Osteological examination of one skeleton by determining the time of sceletonization. | 115,10 |
5. | Osteological determination of one individual‘s biological age based on x-ray images. | 117,00 |
Toxicology Laboratory
No. | The cost of a toxicological expert examination or part of the examination | Price, EUR |
1. | Detection of ethyl alcohol in blood, urine and other biological samples. | 35,00 |
2. | Detection of amphetamines in urine. | 108,40 |
3. | Detection of amphetamines in blood. | 83,60 |
4. | Detection of opiates in urine. | 97,40 |
5. | Detection of opiates in blood. | 99,70 |
6. | Detection of benzodiazepines in urine. | 88,70 |
7. | Detection of benzodiazepines in blood. | 79,50 |
8. | Detection of cannabinoids in urine. | 97,80 |
9. | Detection of cannabinoids in blood. | 110,80 |
10. | Determination of barbiturates and other medications in biological samples by HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography). | 77,20 |
11. | Determination of cocaine in urine. | 103,50 |
12. | Determination of cocaine in blood. | 89,90 |
13. | Determination of volatile poisons in biological samples by gas chromatography. | 43,90 |
14. | Determination of carbon monoxide in blood. | 64,60 |
15. | Determination of ethylene glycol in the internal organs of the deceased. | 85,20 |
16. | Determination of ethylene glycol in blood, urine. | 80,30 |
17. | Determination of psychoactive substances in biological samples by LC/MS/MS method. | 84,60 |
18. | Determination of psychoactive substances in biological samples by LC/MS TOF method. | 74,90 |
19. | Determination of some new psychoactive substances in urine by GC/MS method. | 136,90 |
20. | Determination of ephedrine, cathinone and their derivatives in urine by GC/MS. | 92,80 |
21. | Determination of ephedrine, cathinone and their derivatives in blood by GC/MS. | 92,00 |
22. | Determination of opioids in urine. | 86,50 |
23. | Determination of fentanyls in biological samples by LC-MS/MS method. | 83,70 |
| Note: The fees for toxicological examination of the deceased individual‘s biological samples are calculated individually based on the the customer‘s requests and the examined groups of medications, narcotic, psychotropic and other substances. |
Expert examinations of living persons*
No. | The cost of expert examinations of living persons | Price, EUR |
1. | Forensic medical examination of a person including a Specialist’s conclusion (examination of a person including up to 5 pages of the submitted written medical records or without them). | 53,10 |
2. | Forensic medical examination of a person including a Specialist’s conclusion (examination of a person including more than 5 pages of the submitted written medical records). | 69,80 |
3. | Specialist’s conclusion of a personal forensic medical examination based on the submitted written medical records. | 58,60 |
4. | Specialist’s conclusion of a personal forensic medical examination based on the submitted written medical records and (or) their supplements (when diagnostic attachments provided in electronic or other format - X-ray photographs, computed tomography, magnetic resonance tomography testing data – are evaluated with a specialist - consultant, including a personal examination, if requested together). | 165,10 |
* Fees shall be applied in the case of absence of a pre-trial investigation institution‘s or court order. |
Deontological, repeated and the state of health expert examinations
No. | The price of deontological, repeated and state of health expert examinations | Price, EUR |
1. | The state of health, repeated expert examinations based on the court case material.* | 1039,90 |
2. | Deontological expert examination based on the court case material.* | 1754,50 |
| * Fees shall be increased depending on the number of consultants invited to the expert examination (participation of one consultant from a health care institution in the same city - 39.60 EUR, of a consultant from another city - 79.20 EUR). |
Expert examinations of the deceased individuals
| The cost of expert examination of the deceased individual | Price, EUR |
1. | Determining the cause of death including autopsy (examination with toxicological blood alcohol concentration test).* | 338,60 |
2. | Determining the cause of death without autopsy (based on the external examination data of the deceased, examination of internal cavities, medical records, catamnesis and other data, including toxicological blood alcohol concentration test).* | 268,60 |
3. | Determining the cause of death without autopsy with an additional computed tomography examination (based on the external examination of the deceased, computed tomography examination data, medical records and other data, and toxicological examination of blood alcohol concentration). | 400,90 |
4. | Computed tomography examination of the deceased individual’s body with a doctor radiologist’s conclusion (computed tomography scanning of the whole body, image reconstruction and evaluation, preparation of the scanned data records on a USB device). | 231,60 |
5. | Computed tomography examination of the deceased individual’s body without evaluating the data (computed tomography scanning of the whole body, preparation of the scanned data records on a USB device). | 152,40 |
* Fees shall be applied in the case of absence of a pre-trial investigation institution‘s or court order. |
No. | The cost of dressing and placing the deceased individual in a coffin and storage of the deceased | Price, EUR |
1. | Dressing and placing the deceased individual in a coffin in SFMS Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Alytus, Jurbarkas and Marijampolė divisions. * | 43,44 |
2. | 1-day storage of the deceased after the examination after the expiry of the 4-day period. | 11,58 |
No. | The cost of preparing copies of documents | Price, EUR |
1. | Preparation of a copy of a single written, graphic A4 format document. | 0,06 |
2. | Preparation of a copy of a single written, graphic A3 format document. | 0,12 |
3. | The cost of preparing a copy of an audio, visual, computer information document shall be equal to the cost of the respective medium. |
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Note: At the applicants’ request, the SFMS shall prepare copies of official documents in accordance with the procedures established by legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania. A copy of the official document shall be made only after the applicant’s prior reimbursement of costs to SFMS for the preparation of the document, and when the proof of payment is provided. |
NOTE. The applicant's authorized representative who apply to the institution with request for the service must submit a document certifying the applicant's representation.
Payment for forensic medical services performed by the State Forensic Medicine Service
Payment for SFMS services for charge (State Forensic Medicine Service - SFMS) is conducted in accordance with the State Forensic Medicine Service Director’s Order V-107 “On the payment for the charged services performed by the State Forensic Medicine Service" of October 7, 2019, by using the approved payment codes and payment receipts.
All natural and legal persons shall pay for SFMS services in accordance with the approved service fees: by the bank transfer, at the bank branches or other places where payment for services is available. At SFMS structural divisions located at Didlaukio st. 86E, Vilnius, and V. Kudirkos st. 99, Šiauliai, the payment for the services can be made by a payment card. The document - proof of the payment - shall be submitted upon the arrival at SFMS for forensic medical examination.
The payment receipt shall contain the following information:
1. Payer‘s/entity‘s name (the payer‘s first name, last name)
2. Recipient: State Forensic Medicine Service
3. Recipient Bank: AB SEB bankas, bank code 70440
4. Account number: LT 487044060001481685
5. Payable amount in numbers and the currency
6. Payment purpose / payment code
7. Title of the payment, fee: For services rendered.
SFMS structural divisions and their payment codes:
No. | Name of the structural division | Payment code |
1. | Alytus division | 101 |
2. | Jurbarkas division | 102 |
3. | Marijampolė division | 105 |
4. | Vilnius division (ambulatory) | 112 |
5. | Vilnius division (thanatology) | 113 |
6. | Serology and DNA laboratory | 115 |
7. | Toxicology laboratory | 116 |
8. | Kaunas division (ambulatory) | 118 |
9. | Kaunas division (thanatology) | 120 |
10. | Klaipėda division (ambulatory) | 121 |
11. | Klaipėda division (thanatology) | 123 |
12. | Šiauliai division (ambulatory) | 124 |
13. | Šiauliai division (thanatology) | 126 |
14. | Panevėžys division (ambulatory) | 127 |
15. | Panevėžys division (thanatology) | 128 |
Last updated: 14-12-2023