Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 31 - Public Safety › Part 401 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATIONS › Chapter 10 - Training and Continuing Education Program › Rule 31-401-10.7 - Continuing Education

Current through June 25, 2024
Every CME/DME/CMEI/DMEI is required to complete a minimum of
				  twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education as certified by the State
				  Medical Examiner, during each successive twelve (12) month period following
				  election or appointment. Acceptable continuing education activities include,
				  but are not restricted to the following:
1. DISTRICT MEETINGS - Two (2) hours credit
				will be allowed for attendance at each District Meeting of the Mississippi
				Coroner/Medical Examiner Association, up to a maximum of four (4) hours credit
				per twelve (12) month period. Credit hours allowed for attendance at each
				district meeting and at each semi-annual conference will be designated by the
				State Medical Examiner's Office and based on curriculum standards established
				by the State Medical Examiner's Office and Mississippi Forensics
				Laboratory
.
2.
				AUTOPSIES - Two (2) hours will be allowed for attendance at an autopsy, up to a
				maximum of four (4) hours per each twelve (12) month period. The
				CME/DME/CMEI/DMEI shall be present during the entire autopsy. Proficiency in
				toxicology draws shall be demonstrated at an autopsy for which CE units are
				submitted. The continuing education documentation form should be co-signed by
				the attending Forensic Pathologist.
3. Department of Public Safety - Continuing
				education credit will be allowed for attendance at schools, seminars or other
				activities conducted by various agencies of the Department of Public Safety,
				insofar as such activities pertain to medicolegal investigations and are
				approved by the State Medical Examiner. Examples would be seminars conducted by
				the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory, the State Medical Examiner's Office, or
				the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer's Training Academy. The hours allowed
				will be jointly designated by the State Medical Examiner and the specific
				agency involved for the specific training program which is being
				offered.
4. Other - Continuing
				education credits will be allowed for virtually any training course, seminar or
				other similar activity insofar as that activity pertains to medicolegal death
				investigation and is approved by the State Medical Examiner. This includes
				courses or seminar offered by schools or colleges, law enforcement agencies and
				others, as well as training courses offered outside the State of Mississippi.
				Prior approval before credit should be obtained by contacting the State Medical
				Examiner's Office.
5. Documentation
				- Documentation of all continuing education activities will be by means of
				forms provided for that purpose by the State Medical Examiner's Office. A
				separate signed form should be submitted for each particular continuing
				education program or activity for which a county medical examiner/investigator
				is seeking credit. If the activity is a group activity, all individuals
				attending the activity may submit their signatures on one form. Upon successful
				certification with respect to training and continuing education requirements,
				every county medical examiner/investigator will receive, during every
				successive twelve (12) month period within their term of office, a wallet size
				card issued by the State Medical Examiner attesting to completion of the
				requirements.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										41-61-53, Miss. Code Ann. §
										41-61-57, Miss. Code Ann. §
										41-61-63.