(a) The employment and compensation of all members of the staff shall be governed by any applicable civil service law.
(b) Each coroner-medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided, however, that the county governing body may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a vacancy exists in the position which the county governing body is seeking to fill.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.
Part 1 - Coroner-Medical Examiner's Office and Commission.
Section 45-37-60 - Definitions.
Section 45-37-60.01 - Office of Coroner Abolished.
Section 45-37-60.02 - Staffing Requirements; Coroner-Medical Examiner Qualifications.
Section 45-37-60.03 - Chief Coroner-Medical Examiner.
Section 45-37-60.04 - Direction of Staff.
Section 45-37-60.05 - Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Creation; Powers.
Section 45-37-60.06 - Coroner-Medical Examiners' Commission - Composition.
Section 45-37-60.07 - Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths.
Section 45-37-60.08 - Investigative Powers of Coroner-Medical Examiner.
Section 45-37-60.09 - Authority of Coroner-Medical Examiner.