{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-5-240","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-240","heading":"Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.","body":"In addition to those powers granted in Section 17-5-330, the medical examiner is empowered to employ with the approval of the commission qualified physicians on a full-time, part-time, or per diem basis who, as deputy medical examiners, must carry out the instructions of the medical examiner and act in his absence or disqualification. A deputy medical examiner may do and perform any or all of the duties appertaining to the office of the medical examiner.","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 5 Coroners and Medical Examiners","ARTICLE 5 Medical Examiners"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:45:39Z","sha256":"25fa430543aaec9879dd9ac7f4b952b4e0311ad0ef734420caf918e79707bd66","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-5-230","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-5-280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}