New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 70 - CHIEF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULES
Subchapter 7 - ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS
Section 8:70-7.1 - Eligibility standards of county medical examiner, deputy or assistant county medical examiner, and forensic pathologist
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Any person appointed or reappointed to the position of county medical examiner pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:17B-83, deputy or assistant county medical examiner pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:17B-84, or forensic pathologist authorized by the State Medical Examiner pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:17B-88, on or after the effective date of this subchapter shall be a physician fully licensed in the State of New Jersey of recognized ability and good standing in his or her community, and shall have met the following standards relating to prior training and experience:
(b) Any person appointed to or holding the position of county medical examiner, deputy or assistant county medical examiner or designated forensic pathologist on or after the effective date of these amendments shall enroll in and complete a program of continuing medical education in the forensic sciences for a minimum of 20 hours of American Medical Association Category I credit, every two years while holding said position.
(c) Any person appointed to or holding the position of county medical examiner, deputy or assistant county medical examiner or designated forensic pathologist on or after the effective date of this subsection shall enroll in and complete a supplemental program conducted by the Office of the State Medical Examiner on amendments to the laws, rules and regulations relating to the New Jersey Medical Examiner System or for any other necessary training. The State Medical Examiner shall conduct such courses when necessary.
(d) Only those county medical examiners, deputy or assistant county medical examiners or forensic pathologists authorized by the State Medical Examiner as competent to perform autopsies pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:17B-88, shall perform such autopsies. Such person shall be qualified in one of the following categories:
(e) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a qualified person from serving both as a county medical examiner or deputy or assistant county medical examiner and simultaneously as a designated pathologist authorized by the State Medical Examiner to perform autopsies pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:17B-88.