2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-404. (Formerly Sec. 19-528). Chief Medical Examiner.
Sec. 19a-404. (Formerly Sec. 19-528). Chief Medical Examiner. The Chief
Medical Examiner shall be a citizen of the United States and a doctor of medicine
licensed to practice medicine in Connecticut and shall have had a minimum of four
years postgraduate training in pathology and such additional subsequent experience in
forensic pathology as the commission may determine, provided any person otherwise
qualified who is not licensed to so practice may be appointed Chief Medical Examiner,
provided he shall obtain such a license within one year of his appointment. His term of
office and annual salary shall be fixed by the commission and he may be removed by
the commission only for cause. Under the direction of the commission, he shall prepare
for transmission to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as required
by law estimates of expenditure requirements. He shall account to the State Treasurer
for all fees and moneys received and expended by him by virtue of his office. He may
as part of his duties teach medical and law school classes, conduct special classes for
police investigators and engage in other activities related to the work of his office to
such extent and on such terms as may be authorized by the commission.
History: Sec. 19-528 transferred to Sec. 19a-404 in 1983; P.A. 96-180 changed obsolete reference to "director of the budget" to "Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management", effective June 3, 1996.
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