52:17B-79 - Office of state medical officer; creation; state medical examiner; qualifications; appointment; term; compensation; employees and assistants - New Jersey Statutes

52:17B-79.  Office of state medical officer;  creation;  state medical examiner;  qualifications;  appointment;  term;  compensation;  employees and assistants
    There is hereby established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the State  Department of Law and Public Safety the office of the  "State Medical Examiner"  which shall be under the immediate supervision of an officer to be known as the State Medical Examiner who shall be a duly licensed physician, a graduate of a regularly chartered and legally constituted medical school or college and a qualified forensic pathologist.  He shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term  of 5 years and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.  He shall  receive such salary as shall be provided by law.  The Attorney General shall,  subject to provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes relating to Civil  Service, appoint such other personnel as he may consider necessary for the  efficient performance of the work of the division.  He shall prescribe the  duties of all such persons thus appointed and shall fix their compensation  within the limits of available appropriations.

     L.1967, c. 234, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.  Amended by L.1972, c. 13, s. 1, eff.  April 17, 1972.