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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 21

(A)  SCOPE OF SECTION.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO BALTIMORE CITY.

(B)  APPOINTMENT.

(1)  THE COMMISSION MAY APPOINT ONE OR MORE
DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS FOR EACH COUNTY.

(2)  THE COMMISSION SHALL APPOINT A DEPUTY
MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR A COUNTY FROM A LIST OF QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION BY THE MEDICAL
SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY. THE NUMBER OF NAMES ON THE LIST
SHALL BE AT LEAST TWICE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES. HOWEVER,
IF A COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A MEDICAL SOCIETY OR IF THE
MEDICAL SOCIETY DOES NOT SUBMIT A LIST OF NAMES, THE
COMMISSION MAY APPOINT A DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR THE
COUNTY WITHOUT A LIST.

(C)  QUALIFICATIONS.

EACH DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER APPOINTED UNDER SUBSECTION
(B) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A PHYSICIAN.

(D)  ACTING DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.

IF NECESSARY, A DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER MAY DEPUTIZE
ANOTHER PHYSICIAN IN THE COUNTY TO ACT AS DEPUTY MEDICAL
EXAMINER.

(E)  COMPENSATION.

EACH DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER IS ENTITLED:

(1)  FOR EACH MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CASE THAT THE
EXAMINER INVESTIGATES, TO AT LEAST $60 AND NOT MORE THAN
$75, AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET;

(2)  IF THE EXAMINER IS CALLED AS A WITNESS
BEFORE A GRAND JURY OR IN A CRIMINAL CASE, TO THE FEE THAT
THE COURT SETS; AND

(3)  TO ANY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION THAT A COUNTY
PROVIDES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
22, § 3.

Subsection (a) of this section is new language
added to exclude Baltimore City from the scope of
this section. Former Article 22, § 3 referred to
"any county", which, under the definition of
"county" in Article 1, § 14 of the Code and the
similar definition in § 1-101 of this article,