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.
History: En. 82-436 by Sec. 10, Ch. 530, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-436(1) thru (4); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 689, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 123, L. 2021.