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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications for appointment as a medical |
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examiner. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2. APPOINTMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS. The commissioners |
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court shall appoint the medical examiner, who serves [shall serve] |
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at the pleasure of the commissioners court. A [No] person [shall
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be] appointed as the medical examiner must be [unless he is] a |
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physician licensed by the Texas Medical [State] Board or a person |
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who is licensed and in good standing as a physician in another state |
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and is seeking licensure in this state [of Medical Examiners]. To |
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the greatest extent possible, the medical examiner shall be |
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appointed from persons having training and experience in pathology, |
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toxicology, histology and other medico-legal sciences. The medical |
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examiner shall devote the [so much of his] time and energy [as is] |
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necessary to perform [in the performance of] the duties conferred |
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by this Article. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |