Mississippi § 19-21-105 - Elected coroner required to attend Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and State Medical Examiner Death Investigation Training School; oath of office.
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§ 19-21-105. Elected coroner required to attend Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and State Medical Examiner Death Investigation Training School; oath of office.
Each coroner elected in the 1987 general election and thereafter shall attend the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory and State Medical Examiner Death Investigation Training School provided for in subsection (5) of Section 41-61-57, and shall successfully complete subsequent testing on the subject material prior to taking the oath of office. If the elected coroner fails to successfully complete the school and testing, he shall not be eligible to take the oath of office. Upon successful completion of the death investigation training school, the coroner shall take the oath of office, and he then shall be designated the chief county medical examiner or chief county medical examiner investigator, as provided in subsection (2) of Section 41-61-57, and shall perform the duties of such office as required by law.
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