2014 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 130A - Public Health.
Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.
§ 130A-382 - County medical examiners; appointment; term of office; vacancies.
130A-382. County medical examiners; appointment; term of office; vacancies.
The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint one or more county medical examiners for each county for a three-year term. In appointing medical examiners for each county, the Chief Medical Examiner shall give preference to physicians licensed to practice medicine in this State but may also appoint licensed physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, coroners, or emergency medical technician paramedics. A medical examiner may serve more than one county. The Chief Medical Examiner may take jurisdiction in any case or appoint another medical examiner to do so. (1955, c. 972, s. 1; 1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1963, c. 492, s. 4; 1967, c. 1154, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1981, c. 187, ss. 2-4; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2007-187, s. 4; 2014-100, s. 12E.6(a).)
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