House Journal: Page 872: Thursday, March 25, 1999

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 1     Amend House File 737 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 13, by inserting after line 3 the
 3   following:
 4     "15.  DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.
 5     For establishing the position of deputy medical
 6   examiner within the department of public health, and
 7   for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 8   positions:
 9   	 $     175,000
10   	FTEs           1.00"
11     2.  Page 18, by inserting after line 5 the
12   following:
13     "Sec. ___.  Section 691.5, Code 1999, is amended to
14   read as follows:
15     691.5  STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
16     The position of state medical examiner is created
17   under the control, direction, and supervision of the
18   commissioner of public safety director of the
19   department of public health.  The commissioner of
20   public safety director of the department of public
21   health may assign the office of the state medical
22   examiner to a division or bureau within the public
23   safety health department.  Other state agencies shall
24   cooperate with the state medical examiner in the use
25   of state-owned facilities when appropriate for the
26   performance of nonadministrative duties of the state
27   medical examiner.  The state medical examiner shall be
28   a physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician and
29   surgeon, be licensed to practice medicine in the state
30   of Iowa, and possess special knowledge in forensic
31   pathology.  The state medical examiner shall be
32   appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the
33   commissioner of public safety director of the
34   department of public health.  The state medical
35   examiner may be a faculty member of the college of
36   medicine or the college of law at the University of
37   Iowa, and any of the examiner's assistants or staff
38   may be members of the faculty or staff of the college
39   of medicine or the college of law at the University of
40   Iowa.
41     Sec. ___.  Section 691.6, subsection 3, Code 1999,
42   is amended to read as follows:
43     3.  To adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A, and
44   subject to the approval of the commissioner of public
45   safety director of the department of public health,
46   regarding the manner and techniques to be employed
47   while conducting autopsies; the nature, character, and
48   extent of investigations to be made in cases of
49   homicide or suspected homicide necessary to allow a
50   medical examiner to render a full and complete

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