1996 INDEX
COUNTY CORONER/MEDICAL EXAMINER
96-003-E
An individual elected coroner may not serve as a deputy sheriff for the
county he serves as coroner. Violation of 25-4-105(3)(a). [10, 11, 13]
96-005-E
A county may contract with the brother of the county's elected coroner
to transport bodies for autopsies. [9, 10, 11, 31]
96-019-E
An ambulance service which has the county coroner as an employee and/or
a partner may not contract with the county because there are two or fewer
ambulance services in the county. The exception set forth in the Code Section
25-4-105(4)(d)(i) does not limit a good or service reasonably available
from two (2) or fewer commercial sources" to a specific geographical area
such as a county. [10]
96-088-E
An individual elected constable may not serve as a deputy coroner for the
county which he was elected to serve as constable. [10, 11, 16]
96-148-E
An alderman may simultaneously be employed as a deputy medical examiner
investigator/coroner for the county in which the municipality the alderman
serves is located. This is providing there are no contracts existing between
the county and municipality in which the alderman would have a private
pecuniary interest or an inherent interest. Cautioned regarding Constitutional
Section 109, §25-4-105(1) and (2) and, 10, 11]