{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-72.240","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 72.240","heading":"Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ state chief medical examiner","body":"and associate -- Employment of county and district medical examiners.\n(1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ a board -certified forensic\npathologist as the chief med ical examiner who shall administer the Office of the\nKentucky State Medical Examiner and one (1) associate chief medical examiner for\nthe Commonwealth.\n(2) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ physicians licensed to practice\nmedicine in Kentuck y as county or district medical examiners to carry out the\nprovisions of KRS 72.210 to 72.275 within the counties or district to which they are\nassigned by the medical examiner section. The cabinet may designate county or\ndistrict health officers as county  or district medical examiners and may authorize\nadditional compensation therefor.","path":["KRS Chapter 72"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24304","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:33Z","sha256":"31a01201e3bfcdcb597e98ae533f8c3ead0caae1ba4136e03511d93a93d09ffd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-72.235","next":"us-ky/krs-72.245"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}