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14-14-1212. Coroner medicolegal death investigation training — Authorization for salary adjustment for certified county coroner — Definition.
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14-14-1212. Coroner medicolegal death investigation training — Authorization for salary adjustment for certified county coroner — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “certified county coroner” means a county coroner who has obtained a certificate of satisfactory participation and completion of medicolegal death investigation training from the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training under § 14-15-308 or the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
(b) The quorum court of each county that has a certified county coroner is authorized to fix by ordinance the annual salary of a certified county coroner within the schedule of maximum salaries under § 14-14-1204.
(c) Beginning September 1, 2017, and on each September 1 thereafter, the compensation schedule prepared under § 14-14-1210(c) shall reflect a separate maximum annual salary for a certified county coroner with a salary adjustment made under subsection (b) of this section and § 14-14-1204(i).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1212
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14-14-1212. Coroner medicolegal death investigation training — Authorization for salary adjustment for certified county coroner — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “certified county coroner” means a county coroner who has obtained a certificate of satisfactory participation and completion of medicolegal death investigation training from the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training under § 14-15-308 or the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
(b) The quorum court of each county that has a certified county coroner is authorized to fix by ordinance the annual salary of a certified county coroner within the schedule of maximum salaries under § 14-14-1204.
(c) Beginning September 1, 2017, and on each September 1 thereafter, the compensation schedule prepared under § 14-14-1210(c) shall reflect a separate maximum annual salary for a certified county coroner with a salary adjustment made under subsection (b) of this section and § 14-14-1204(i).
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14-14-1204. Compensation of elected county officers.
(a)(1) The quorum court of each county shall fix by ordinance the annual salaries of the following county officers within the minimums and maximums provided in this section:
(A) The county judge;
(B) The sheriff and ex officio collector of taxes;
(C) The collector of taxes, where established by law;
(D) The circuit clerk;
(E) The county clerk, where established by law;
(F) The assessor;
(G) The treasurer;
(H) The coroner; and
(I) The surveyor.
(2) The minimum and maximum salaries under this section do not include any county-provided insurance benefits or other county benefits required by federal or state law, rule, or regulation.
(b) For purposes of determining the salaries of the elected county officers, unless otherwise specifically provided in this section, the counties shall be classified on the basis of population, as determined by the preceding federal decennial census, according to the following classifications:
Classification Population Class 1 0 to 9,999 Class 2 10,000 to 19,999 Class 3 20,000 to 29,999 Class 4 30,000 to 49,999 Class 5 50,000 to 69,999 Class 6 70,000 to 199,999 Class 7 200,000 and above
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(c)(1) The annual salary of a county judge shall be in compensation for his or her services as the executive and administrator for the county, as judge of the county court, as presiding officer of the quorum court, and for all other services performed as provided by the Arkansas Constitution, by law, or by county ordinance.
(2) The minimum and maximum salaries per annum of the county judge of a county shall be as follows:
Classification Salary per Annum Class 1 not less than $30,000 nor more than $74,640 Class 2 not less than $31,000 nor more th
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1204
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14-14-1210. Cost-of-living adjustment.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2011, and on each January 1 thereafter, three percent (3%) per annum shall be added to the minimum and maximum salaries and per diems of elected county officers as a cost-of- living adjustment.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2016, and on each January 1 thereafter, three percent (3%) per annum shall be added to the maximum per diem compensation of justices of the peace as a cost-of-living adjustment.
(c) Beginning September 1, 2010, and on each September 1 thereafter, the Association of Arkansas Counties shall provide each county and Arkansas Legislative Audit with a schedule of the minimum and maximum salaries and per diems of elected county officers and justices of the peace with the added cost-of-living adjustment for the following year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1210
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14-15-308. Training and instruction.
(a) The Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, in coordination with the Department of Health, shall establish a training curriculum for medicolegal death investigators, coroners, and deputy coroners in Arkansas that consists of no less than sixteen (16) hours nor more than forty (40) hours of instruction, including without limitation courses on:
(1) Medicolegal death investigation leading to certification as a medicolegal death investigator;
(2) Scene investigation;
(3) Body recovery;
(4) Safety;
(5) Statutes and rules;
(6) Documentation and reporting;
(7) Communication and interviewing; and
(8) Proper completion of a death certificate and assignment of cause of death.
(b) The division shall:
(1) Issue a certificate of satisfactory participation and completion to a coroner, deputy coroner, or medicolegal death investigator who completes the instructional program required under subsection (a) of this section; and
(2)(A) Administer the funds for the payment and reimbursement for materials, speakers, mileage, lodging, meals, the cost of the certificate, and training equipment that are in addition to compensation allowed under §§ 14-14-1203, 14-14-1204, and 14-14-1206.
(B) The division may receive funding for coroner training through grants-in-aid, donations, and the County Coroners Continuing Education Fund.
(c) The commission shall provide death investigation training:
(1) Free of charge to a law enforcement officer, a state death investigator, and an employee of the State Crime Laboratory; and
(2) For a fee under a memorandum of understanding between the commission and the Arkansas Coroner's Association to coroners and deputy coroners.
(d)(1)(A) Within one (1) year of beginning employment
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-15-308
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-15-308. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.