1. (1) Coroner means the elected or appointed official tasked with overseeing the medicolegal system of a county, whose principal duty is to investigate death.

2. (2) Good standing means a member of a profession regulated by this chapter who:

   1. (a) Does not have their professional license(s) or certification(s) suspended or revoked; and
   2. (b) Is in compliance with their employing agency's training requirements.
3. (3) Medical examiner means a physician who is responsible for examining bodies postmortem to determine the cause and manner of death.
4. (4) Medicolegal forensic investigation training means training designated to provide tools, resources, and standards to individuals who perform medicolegal death investigations.
5. (5) Medicolegal investigative personnel means personnel whose role is to investigate any death that falls under the jurisdiction of a coroner's or medical examiner's office, including all unnatural, suspicious, or violent deaths.
6. (6) Part-time means any personnel who work less than full-time hours. Full-time hours are defined by their employer. For the purposes of this chapter, a single day of work in a month will count as employment for that month.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.101.080 and 43.101.480. WSR 23-19-039, § 139-27-010, filed 9/13/23, effective 10/14/23.]