Duties of state chief medical examiner and deputy medical examiner
The duties of the state chief medical examiner and deputy medical examiner include but are not limited to the following:
(1) providing assistance and consultation to associate medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement officers;
(2) providing court testimony when necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter;
(3) stimulating and directing research in the field of forensic pathology;
(4) maintaining an ongoing educational and training program for associate medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement officers;
(5) appointing associate medical examiners; and
(6) performing autopsies as requested.
| EnactedEn. 82-436 by SectionSec. 10, ChapterCh. 530, Laws ofL. 1977 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 82-436(1) thru (4) |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 5, ChapterCh. 689, Laws ofL. 1989 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 4, ChapterCh. 123, Laws ofL. 2021 (HB 313 - Gillette, Jane (R) HD 64) |