(a) (1) The State Medical Examiner as well as associate medical examiners shall:
(A) Be citizens of the United States;
(B) Be physicians or surgeons with a doctor of medicine degree who have been licensed or who are eligible to be licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas;
(C) Have a minimum of three (3) years postgraduate training in human pathology as recognized by the American Medical Association; and
(D) Have had at least one (1) year of experience in medical-legal practice.
(2) The State Medical Examiner shall also be board certified or eligible for board certification as recognized by the American Board of Pathology in Forensic Pathology.
(b) In addition to the duties prescribed in this subchapter, the State Medical Examiner and his or her associates may teach in the medical school, conduct classes for law enforcement officers and officials, lecture, do research, and engage in such activities as shall be deemed appropriate by the State Crime Laboratory Board.
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