The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint medical examiners for the state. Each medical examiner so appointed shall be a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, shall hold a valid board certification to practice forensic pathology in Oklahoma, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint a Deputy Chief Medical Examiner to serve in the capacity of the Chief Medical Examiner in the event the Chief Medical Examiner is absent, ill, or disqualified by personal interest.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 605, § 7, eff. Jan. 2, 1962. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 302, § 1, emerg. eff. June 19, 1963; Laws 1965, c. 258, § 1, emerg. eff. June 21, 1965; Laws 1972, c. 246, § 6, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 2014, c. 293, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 85, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.