Gov. Code, § 24010 · Chapter 1. County Officers
Gov. Code, § 24010
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors may by ordinance abolish the office of coroner and provide instead for the office of medical examiner, to be appointed by the said board and to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the coroner. The medical examiner shall be a licensed physician and surgeon duly qualified as a specialist in pathology.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1398.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=24010.
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