O.C.G.A. § 45-16-65: Powers and duties of council generally.

The council is vested with the following functions, powers, and responsibilities:

(1) To make all the necessary rules and regulations to carry out this article;

(2) To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state government or its political subdivisions in furtherance of the purposes of this article;

(3) To approve schools and to prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at approved schools;

(4) To issue a certificate of certification to any coroner satisfactorily complying with an approved training program;

(5) To withdraw or suspend the certification of any coroner who has performed or is performing the duties of a coroner in violation of this chapter;

(6) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to enable it wholly and adequately to perform its duties and to exercise the power granted to it;

(7) To review complaints from outside parties and make recommendations concerning the retention, suspension, or removal of a coroner from his or her position; and

(8) To prescribe, by rules and regulations, the minimum requirements for curricula and standards composing the initial in-service, advanced, specialized, and continuing training courses for certification.