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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 575

Article 22 — Postmortem Examiners

2.

(A)    The Commission is hereby authorized and directed'
to appoint six medical examiners, one to be known as chief
medical examiner, one as assistant deputy chief medical
examiner, and the other four as assistant medical examiners;
a toxicologist; two assistant toxicologists; a serologist;
four residents training in forensic pathology; and a chief
traffic investigator. The Commission with the approval of
the Secretary of Personnel shall fix their compensation
which shall be paid by the [Comptroller of the] State [of
Maryland out of that portion of the funds collected by the
Racing Commission allocated and paid to the several counties
of the State and Baltimore City]. The medical examiners
shall be licensed doctors of medicine, and shall have had at
least two years post—graduate training in pathology. The
Commission shall appoint[, to such extent as may be
authorized by the board of estimates of Baltimore City, ]
such other professional or technical personnel, clerks and
other employees as may be necessary for the proper
administration of the Department [and at such compensation
as may be provided for by the board of estimates in the
ordinance of estimates of Baltimore City. These other
professional and technical personnel and the clerks and
employees shall be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of §§ 142 to 156, inclusive, of the Baltimore
City Charter (1949 Edition), known as the merit system] AND
AS PROVIDED IN THE BUDGET.

(B)    THERE SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE BUDGET
BEGINNING WITH THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1980 THROUGH JUNE 30,
1981 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER AN APPROPRIATION TO
FUND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

(C)    Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prevent the Commission from employing the services of
physicians on a contract basis for part—time services [as
may be authorized by the board of estimates of Baltimore
City].

5.

It shall be the duty of the chief medical examiner, the
assistant medical examiners and the deputy medical examiners
to attend to all the medical functions now devolving upon
the coroners and postmortem physicians in Baltimore City, or
upon coroners in the several counties of the State, and to
perform all the duties imposed upon them by the provisions
of this article.

The office of [said] chief medical examiner, and the
assistant medical examiners, shall be maintained in [such] A
building in Baltimore City as may be provided by the City of