2011 Code of Virginia
Title 32.1 HEALTH.
Chapter 8 Postmortem Examinations and Services (32.1-277 thru 32.1-305)
32.1-279 Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; teaching legal medicine
32.1-279. Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; teaching legal medicine.
A. The Chief Medical Examiner shall carry out the provisions of this article under the direction of the Commissioner. The central and district offices and facilities established as provided in 32.1-277 shall be under the supervision of the Chief Medical Examiner.
B. The Chief Medical Examiner and his assistants shall be available to Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, the Eastern Virginia Medical School, and other institutions of higher education providing instruction in health science or law for teaching legal medicine and other subjects related to their duties.
(Code 1950, 32-31.12; 1960, c. 366; 1972, c. 741; 1975, c. 475; 1979, c. 711; 1991, c. 454; 2002, cc. 87, 478.)
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