2010 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, And Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies And Programs
Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting And Investigations
Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory
§ 12-12-307 - Medical examiners -- Qualifications -- Duties.

12-12-307. Medical examiners -- Qualifications -- Duties.

(a) (1) The State Medical Examiner as well as associate medical examiners shall:

(A) Be citizens of the United States;

(B) Be physicians or surgeons with a doctor of medicine degree who have been licensed or who are eligible to be licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas;

(C) Have a minimum of three (3) years postgraduate training in human pathology as recognized by the American Medical Association; and

(D) Have had at least one (1) year of experience in medical-legal practice.

(2) The State Medical Examiner shall also be board certified or eligible for board certification as recognized by the American Board of Pathology in Forensic Pathology.

(b) In addition to the duties prescribed in this subchapter, the State Medical Examiner and his or her associates may teach in the medical school, conduct classes for law enforcement officers and officials, lecture, do research, and engage in such activities as shall be deemed appropriate by the State Crime Laboratory Board.