S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-230: Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities.

The commission must employ a skilled physician or pathologist as medical examiner for the purpose of performing post-mortem examinations, autopsies, and the examination of other forms of evidence as required by this chapter. The medical examiner must, with the approval of the commission, employ such assistants as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commission must provide the medical examiner with facilities for proper pathological, toxicological, and other laboratory examinations as may be required in the performance of the medical examiner's duties.

The commission may enter into an agreement for the use of the laboratory facilities as may be necessary.