§ 63-937. County medical examiners-Qualifications-Appointment of nonresident.

The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint medical examiners for each county of the state.  Each medical examiner so appointed shall be a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy and Surgery, shall hold a valid license to practice his profession in Oklahoma, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.   In the event there is no qualified person in the county or no person willing to serve as a medical examiner, or in the event the medical examiner is absent from the county in which he serves, or is ill or disqualified by personal interest, the Chief Medical Examiner may in his discretion appoint as a medical examiner for such county a qualified person from another county, or may direct a medical examiner from another county to perform the duties of a medical examiner in both counties.  Nothing in this section or act shall prohibit or restrict the Chief Medical Examiner from appointing a medical examiner and directing him to cross a county line.  A medical examiner shall not be precluded from holding other public offices created by the laws of the state.

Laws 1961, p. 605, § 7; Laws 1963, c. 302, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 258, § 1, emerg. eff. June 21, 1965; Laws 1972, c. 246, § 6, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.