MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION
ADVISORY OPINIONS
CORONER/MEDICAL EXAMINER
95-122-E
An individual elected county coroner may not become a partner in an
ambulance service which contracts with the county the coroner was elected
to serve. [10, 14]
95-150-E
A county coroner may contract with the coroner's father-in-law to transport
bodies. [10,31]
92-024-E
A coroner may appoint his emancipated son as deputy coroner. Caution: 25-4-
105(1).
92-069-E
A funeral home may not contract with a county as to the transportation
of bodies when the county medical examiner is employed by the funeral home.
Violation: 25-4-105(3)(a).
92-125-E
A county medical examiner investigator (CEMI) may have as a deputy CEMI
a person who is simultaneously director of a local funeral home.
90-050-E
A county medical examiner investigator may not contract with the county
employing him by way of a lease of his vehicle to transport bodies. Violation:
25- 4-105(3)(a).
90-075-E
An elected coroner may simultaneously be employed as an EMT of a county
supported hospital.
89-84-E
1. A county coroner/medical examiner (CME) may not charge his own county
for use of his facilities for forensic autopsies. Violation: 25-4-105(3)(a).
2. A county coroner/medical examiner (CME) may
charge other counties for use of his facilities for forensic autopsies.
88-112-E
An elected county coroner may simultaneously serve as a deputy sheriff
for the same county. Caution: appearance of impropriety.