Coroner Qualifications

The bill requires a coroner of a county with a population greater than 150,000 who is elected on or after November 5, 2024 , to be either a death investigator certified by and in good standing with the American board of medicolegal death investigators or a forensic pathologist certified by and in good standing with the American board of pathology. (qualifications). County commissioners of a county with a population of 150,000 or less may impose the qualifications upon an affirmative majority vote of the commissioners .

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(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)