44-3-211. Duties of state medical examiner. The duties of the state medical examiner include but are not limited to the following:
     (1) providing assistance and consultation to associate medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement officers;
     (2) providing court testimony when necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter;
     (3) stimulating and directing research in the field of forensic pathology;
     (4) maintaining an ongoing educational and training program for associate medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement officers;
     (5) appointing associate medical examiners; and
     (6) performing autopsies as requested.

     History: En. 82-436 by Sec. 10, Ch. 530, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-436(1) thru (4); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 689, L. 1989.