Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 3. MONTANA FORENSIC SCIENCE SYSTEM ACT

Part 2. Medical Examiners

Duties Of State Medical Examiner

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.