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Code of Virginia
Title 32.1. Health
Chapter 8. Postmortem Examinations and Services
7/12/2025

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

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

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

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.