- (a) The coroners training board established by IC 4-23-6.5-3 , in consultation with the Indiana law enforcement academy, shall create and offer a training course for coroners and deputy coroners. The training course must include, at a minimum, forty (40) hours of instruction. The training course must require each coroner and deputy coroner to attend, complete, and successfully pass a certification program that consists of in-person classroom lectures and instruction, as well as a supervised externship.
(b) The training course described in subsection (a) must include instruction regarding:
- (1) death investigation;
- (2) crime scenes; and
- (3) preservation of evidence at a crime scene for police and crime lab technicians.
(c) The coroners training board, in consultation with the Indiana law enforcement academy, shall create and offer an annual training course for coroners and deputy coroners. The annual training course must include at a minimum eight (8) hours of instruction and cover recent developments in:
- (1) death investigation;
- (2) crime scenes; and
- (3) preservation of evidence at a crime scene for police and crime lab technicians.
- (d) In creating the courses under this section the coroners training board shall consult with a pathologist certified by the American Board of Pathology regarding medical issues that are a part of the training courses.
- (e) All training in the courses offered under this section that involves medical issues must be approved by a pathologist certified by the American Board of Pathology.
- (f) All training in the courses offered under this section that involves crime scenes and evidence preservation must be approved by a law enforcement officer.
- (g) The coroners training board shall issue a coroner or deputy coroner a certificate upon successful completion of the courses described in this section.
As added by P.L.3-2008, SEC.258. Amended by P.L.75-2026, SEC.11.