Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine This faculty is a charity, established in 2006, to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine. The Faculty, hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, is the collegiate home for professionals working in three related fields: forensic medical practitioners (forensic physicians, forensic pathologists forensic psychiatrists and forensic odontologists); medico-legal and dento-legal advisers; and medically-qualified coroners.