691.6B  Interagency coordinating council.
  1.  An interagency coordinating council is created to do all of the following:
  a.  Advise and consult with the state medical examiner on a range of issues affecting the organization and functions of the office of the state medical examiner and the effectiveness of the medical examiner system in the state.
  b.  Advise the state medical examiner concerning the assurance of effective coordination of the functions and operations of the office of the state medical examiner with the needs and interests of the departments of public safety and public health.
  2.  Members of the interagency coordinating council shall include all of the following:
  a.  The state medical examiner, or when the state medical examiner is not available, the deputy state medical examiner.
  b.  The commissioner of public safety or the commissioner’s designee.
  c.  The director of public health or the director’s designee.
  d.  The governor or the governor’s designee.
  e.  Representatives from the office of the attorney general, the Iowa county attorneys association, the Iowa medical society, the Iowa association of pathologists, the Iowa association of county medical examiners, the statewide emergency medical system, and the Iowa funeral directors association.
  3.  The interagency coordinating council shall meet on a regular basis, and shall be organized and function as established by the state medical examiner by rule.
99 Acts, ch 208, §9, 14; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §76
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