Section 45-4-60.01 County Medical Examiner. - Alabama Statutes

Section 45-4-60.01

County Medical Examiner.

The county medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. The Bibb County Medical Examiner shall be appointed by the Senior State Medical Examiner in Region II of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The appointment shall be made, with the approval of the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified physicians submitted by the Bibb County Medical Society after review by the district attorney of that county. The appointment shall establish the Bibb County Medical Examiner as a contract employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences with the same liability coverage as provided to Merit System employees of the State of Alabama.

(Act 99-366, p. 586, §2.)