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32.1-278 - Appointment and qualifications of Chief Medical Examiner.

§ 32.1-278. Appointment and qualifications of Chief Medical Examiner.

A Chief Medical Examiner, who shall be a forensic pathologist licensed topractice medicine in this Commonwealth, shall be appointed by theCommissioner with the approval of the Board.

(Code 1950, § 32-31.10; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 475; 1979, c. 711.)