(1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ a board-certified forensic pathologist as the chief medical examiner who shall administer the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner and one (1) associate chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth.
(2) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ physicians licensed to practice medicine in Kentucky as county or district medical examiners to carry out the provisions of KRS § 72.210 to KRS § 72.275 within the counties or district to which they are assigned by the medical examiner section. The cabinet may designate county or district health officers as county or district medical examiners and may authorize additional compensation therefor.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 72.240

  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 146, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch.
195, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1982. — Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 7.

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