Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49A.105: APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINER
What this law says, in plain English
County commissioners appoint medical examiners who must be Texas-licensed physicians or physicians with provisional licenses. Medical examiners serve at the commissioners court's discretion and should ideally have pathology or toxicology training.
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