Sec. 2. APPOINTMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS. (a) The commissioners court shall appoint the medical examiner, who serves at the pleasure of the commissioners court. A person appointed as the medical examiner must be:
(1) a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board; or
(2) a person who:
(A) is licensed and in good standing as a physician in another state;
(B) has applied to the Texas Medical Board for a license to practice medicine in this state; and
(C) has been granted a provisional license under Section 155.101, Occupations Code.
(b) To the greatest extent possible, the medical examiner shall be appointed from persons having training and experience in pathology, toxicology, histology and other medico-legal sciences.
(c) The medical examiner shall devote the time and energy necessary to perform the duties conferred by this Article.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies
Subchapter . B. Duties Performed by Medical Examiners
Article 49.25. Medical Examiners
Section 1-a. Multi-County District; Joint Office
Section 2. Appointments and Qualifications
Section 6. Death Investigations
Section 6a. Organ Transplant Donors; Notice; Inquests
Section 10. Disinterments and Cremations
Section 10a. Waiting Period Between Death and Cremation
Section 10b. Disposal of Unidentified Body
Section 12. Transfer of Duties of Justice of Peace