§ 19a-404 — (Formerly Sec. 19-528). Chief Medical Examiner.

The Chief Medical Examiner shall be a citizen of the United States and a doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine in Connecticut and shall have had a minimum of four years postgraduate training in pathology, board certification in forensic pathology from the American Board of Pathology and such additional subsequent experience in forensic pathology as the commission may determine, provided any person otherwise qualified who is not licensed to so practice may be appointed Chief Medical Examiner, provided he or she obtains such a license within one year of his or her appointment. The Commission on Medicolegal Investigations shall submit recommendations concerning the Chief Medical Examiner's salary and annual increments to such salary to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and approval pursuant to section 4-40. The Chief Medical Examiner's term of office shall be fixed by the commission and the Chief Medical Examiner may be removed by the commission only for cause. Under the direction of the commission, the Chief Medical Examiner shall prepare for transmission to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as required by law estimates of expenditure requirements. The Chief Medical Examiner shall account to the State Treasurer for all fees and moneys received and expended by him or her by virtue of his or her office. The Chief Medical Examiner may as part of his or her duties teach medical and law school classes, conduct special classes for police investigators and engage in other activities related to the work of the office to such extent and on such terms as may be authorized by the commission. On and after January 1, 2022, the Chief Medical Examiner shall earn at least one contact hour of training or education in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy as part of the continuing medical education he or she is required to obtain pursuant to section 20-10b. As used in this section, “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” means the death of a person with epilepsy that is not caused by injury, drowning or other known causes unrelated to epilepsy.

Legislative History

(1969, P.A. 699, S. 4; P.A. 96-180, S. 60, 166; P.A. 10-81, S. 1; P.A. 21-26, S. 1; P.A. 23-31, S. 23.) History: Sec. 19-528 transferred to Sec. 19a-404 in 1983; P.A. 96-180 changed obsolete reference to “director of the budget” to “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 10-81 made technical changes and replaced provision authorizing Commission on Medicolegal Investigations to fix Chief Medical Examiner's salary with provision requiring commission to provide salary recommendations to Commissioner of Administrative Services for review and approval, effective May 26, 2010; P.A. 21-26 added provision re Chief Medical Examiner to earn one contact hour of training or education in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; P.A. 23-31 added “, board certification in forensic pathology from the American Board of Pathology”.