Bill Text: MN HF640 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Background checks required for individuals appointed to coroner or medical examiner staff.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance [HF640 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF640-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; requiring background checks for individuals appointed
1.3to coroner or medical examiner staff;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.4390.05.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 390.05, is amended to read:
1.7390.05 MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER STAFF.
1.8(a) The coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant coroners
1.9or assistant medical examiners, as necessary to fulfill the duties of the office, subject to
1.10authorization by the county board. Such assistants shall have the same qualifications
1.11as a coroner or medical examiner. When the coroner or medical examiner is absent or
1.12unable to act, assistants shall have the same powers and duties and are subject to the
1.13same limitations as the coroner or medical examiner. The assistants shall be appointed in
1.14writing, shall take an oath that shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder, and
1.15shall be included in the county bond. The assistant shall act by name as assistant coroner
1.16or medical examiner and hold office at the pleasure of the coroner or medical examiner.
1.17(b) A coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more investigators, with such
1.18qualifications as the coroner or medical examiner deems appropriate. Such investigators
1.19shall have the powers and duties that are delegated to them by the coroner or medical
1.20examiner. Unless they are public employees of that county, investigators shall be
1.21appointed in writing and take an oath, shall be included in the county bond, and the
1.22oath and appointment shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder. Subject to
1.23authorization of the county board, assistants may be appointed to the unclassified service
1.24and investigators to the classified service of the county.
2.1(c) The coroner or medical examiner shall request the Bureau of Criminal
2.2Apprehension to perform a background check on an individual who is a finalist for
2.3appointment with the office under this section, but may appoint the individual pending
2.4completion of the background check.
1.3to coroner or medical examiner staff;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.4390.05.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 390.05, is amended to read:
1.7390.05 MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER STAFF.
1.8(a) The coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant coroners
1.9or assistant medical examiners, as necessary to fulfill the duties of the office, subject to
1.10authorization by the county board. Such assistants shall have the same qualifications
1.11as a coroner or medical examiner. When the coroner or medical examiner is absent or
1.12unable to act, assistants shall have the same powers and duties and are subject to the
1.13same limitations as the coroner or medical examiner. The assistants shall be appointed in
1.14writing, shall take an oath that shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder, and
1.15shall be included in the county bond. The assistant shall act by name as assistant coroner
1.16or medical examiner and hold office at the pleasure of the coroner or medical examiner.
1.17(b) A coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more investigators, with such
1.18qualifications as the coroner or medical examiner deems appropriate. Such investigators
1.19shall have the powers and duties that are delegated to them by the coroner or medical
1.20examiner. Unless they are public employees of that county, investigators shall be
1.21appointed in writing and take an oath, shall be included in the county bond, and the
1.22oath and appointment shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder. Subject to
1.23authorization of the county board, assistants may be appointed to the unclassified service
1.24and investigators to the classified service of the county.
2.1(c) The coroner or medical examiner shall request the Bureau of Criminal
2.2Apprehension to perform a background check on an individual who is a finalist for
2.3appointment with the office under this section, but may appoint the individual pending
2.4completion of the background check.
