Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.705

Qualifications, tenure — vacancy, how filled (certain counties)

Effective: 28 Aug 1973; (L. 1973 S.B. 122 §§ 2, 3)

1. The county medical examiner shall be a physician duly licensed to practice by the state board of the healing arts.

2. The county medical examiner shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the county. In the event of a vacancy in the office of county medical examiner, the governing body of the county shall appoint a successor.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.