Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 445-S.F.No. 2672 
                  An act relating to coroners; providing for exemption 
                  from educational requirements in certain 
                  circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, 
                  section 390.005, subdivision 3. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 390.005, 
        subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.] A coroner must have 
        successfully completed academic courses in pharmacology, 
        surgery, pathology, toxicology, and physiology.  However, if a 
        board of county commissioners determines that the office of 
        coroner shall not be elective and it cannot appoint any person 
        meeting the educational qualifications as coroner, the board may:
           (1) appoint any qualified person, whether or not a resident 
        of the county or not; or 
           (2) if no qualified person can be found, appoint a person 
        who is serving or has served as deputy coroner, whether or not a 
        resident of the county. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 12, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 15, 1994, 1:50 p.m.