Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 31 - Public Safety › Part 401 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATIONS › Chapter 8 - Toxicologic Specimens › Rule 31-401-8.7 - 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 andMississippi 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 theMississippi Forensics Laboratory, the State Medical
				Examiner's Office, or theMississippi 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 ofMississippi. 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.