Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.105 · Subchapter C. INQUESTS BY MEDICAL EXAMINER
APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINER.
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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county that establishes an office of medical examiner shall appoint the medical examiner. A person appointed as the medical examiner must be:
(1) a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board; or
(2) a person who:
(A) is licensed and in good standing as a physician in another state;
(B) has applied to the Texas Medical Board for a license to practice medicine in this state; and
(C) has been granted a provisional license under Section 155.101, Occupations Code.
(b) A medical examiner serves at the will of the commissioners court that appointed the medical examiner.
(c) To the greatest extent possible, the commissioners court shall appoint a medical examiner who has training and experience in pathology, toxicology, histology, and other medico-legal sciences.
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History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027.
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