Government Code - GOV
TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000 - 33205]
( Title 3 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. ) DIVISION 2. OFFICERS [24000 - 28085]
( Division 2 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. ) PART 1. OFFICERS GENERALLY [24000 - 24356]
( Part 1 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. ) CHAPTER 1. County Officers [24000 - 24012]
( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424. ) 24010.
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.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1398.)