                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER; TEACHING LEGAL MEDICINE (§ 32.1-279)

A. The Chief Medical Examiner shall carry out the provisions of this article
under the direction of the Commissioner. The Chief Medical Examiner may, with
the approval of the Commissioner, employ forensic pathologists to serve as
Assistant Chief Medical Examiners in the central and district offices
established pursuant to &#xA7; 32.1-277.

B. The Chief Medical Examiner and Assistant Chief Medical Examiners shall be
available to Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, Old
Dominion University, and other institutions of higher education providing
instruction in health science or law for teaching legal medicine and other
subjects related to their duties.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-31.12; 1960, c. 366; 1972, c. 741; 1975, c. 475; 1979,
c. 711; 1991, c. 454; 2002, cc. 87, 478; 2014, c. 583; 2023, cc. 756, 778.