44-3-201. State chief medical examiner. A state chief medical examiner must be appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the attorney general. The state chief medical examiner must be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Montana and must be board-certified in forensic pathology. Once appointed, the state chief medical examiner is supervised by the director of the laboratory of criminalistics. Medical examiners must be free from undue personal, professional, or political influences as they objectively pursue and report the facts and opinions of their death investigations.
History: En. 82-429 by Sec. 3, Ch. 530, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-429(part); amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 689, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 123, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Montana Forensic Science System Act
44-3-201. State chief medical examiner
44-3-203. Associate medical examiners -- qualifications
44-3-204. Associate medical examiners -- compensation
44-3-205. Deputy state medical examiner
44-3-206. through 44-3-210 reserved
44-3-211. Duties of state chief medical examiner and deputy medical examiner