Bill Text: MS HB156 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Medical Examiner; require to be a resident of Mississippi.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB156 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB156-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Dixon
House Bill 156
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-61-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO BE A RESIDENT OF MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-61-55, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-61-55. (1) There is * * * created the position of State Medical
Examiner * * * under the supervision of the
Commissioner of Public Safety. The State Medical Examiner shall be appointed
by the Commissioner of Public Safety subject to the approval of a majority of a
panel composed of the following: (a) the Dean of the University of Mississippi
Medical Center School of Medicine; (b) the Dean of the University of Mississippi
School of Law; and (c) the State Health Officer. The State Medical Examiner
may be discharged only for good cause, upon the recommendation of the
Commissioner of Public Safety, and by a majority of the same panel.
(2) Each applicant for the position of State Medical Examiner shall, as a minimum, be a physician who is eligible for a license to practice medicine in Mississippi and be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology, and shall be a resident of the State of Mississippi.
(3) There is * * * created the State Medical Examiner
Advisory Council composed of the State Health Officer or his or her designee,
the Dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine or
his or her designee, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Attorney General or
his or her designee, the President of the Mississippi Coroners' Association or
his or her designee, the President of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association
or his or her designee, the President of the Mississippi Public Defenders
Association or his or her designee, the President of the Mississippi
Association of Chiefs of Police or his or her designee, and the President of
the Mississippi Sheriff's Association or his or her designee. The council
shall be purely advisory and serve as a liaison between the State Medical
Examiner and the various entities related to the Medical Examiner Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
