2018 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 30 - Government - County
County Officers
Article 10 - County Officers
Part 6 - Coroner
§ 30-10-601.6. Coroners standards and training board
(1) There is hereby created in the department of public health and environment the Colorado coroners standards and training board, referred to in this part 6 as the "C.C.S.T. board".
(2) The C.C.S.T. board shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions under the department of public health and environment as if transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of title 24, C.R.S.
(3) (a) The C.C.S.T. board shall consist of eight members. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson of the C.C.S.T. board shall be elected annually by the members of the C.C.S.T. board with the requirement that the chairperson be either a coroner or a forensic pathologist.
(b) The members of the C.C.S.T. board shall be:
(I) A coroner of a county with a population of fifty thousand or more;
(II) A coroner of a county with a population of less than fifty thousand but more than fifteen thousand;
(III) A coroner of a county with a population of fifteen thousand or less;
(IV) A county commissioner of a county with a population of fifty thousand or more;
(V) A county commissioner of a county with a population of less than fifty thousand;
(VI) A pathologist who is actively engaged in performing postmortem examinations for a county in this state and who is a member of the Colorado medical society;
(VII) A chief of police from a municipality in this state or a county sheriff; and
(VIII) A district attorney from a judicial district in this state.
(c) The governor shall appoint each member of the C.C.S.T. board for a term of three years; except that, of the members initially appointed, three members shall be appointed for a term of three years, three members shall be appointed for a term of two years, and two members shall be appointed for a term of one year.
(d) If a county coroner, county commissioner, county sheriff, chief of police, or district attorney leaves that office, that person's term on the C.C.S.T. board shall expire. The governor shall appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy on the C.C.S.T. board for the unexpired term.
(4) The members of the C.C.S.T. board shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(5) (a) On and after August 6, 2003, the executive director of the department of public health and environment may accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations to cover the costs incurred in the establishment and operation of the C.C.S.T. board. Such gifts, grants, and donations received shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the moneys to the coroner training fund created in section 30-10-601.8 (5). Any unencumbered state moneys remaining in the fund upon the repeal of this section shall be transferred to the general fund.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1173, § 85, effective August 10, 2011.)
(6) The department of public health and environment staff shall perform the administrative duties related to the operation of the C.C.S.T. board.
(7) The attorney general shall be the legal advisor to the C.C.S.T. board. A deputy or assistant attorney general chosen by the attorney general or the attorney general's designee shall attend each meeting of the C.C.S.T. board to provide legal counsel to the C.C.S.T. board as requested by the board.
