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14-15-308. Training and instruction.
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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
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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 as a deputy coroner, a person employed as a deputy coroner after January 1, 2020, shall complete the training required under this section and obtain a certificate under subdivision (b)(1) of this section or present a certificate from the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
(B) A deputy coroner under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section who does not comply with this subsection shall not continue employment or activity as a deputy coroner, including without limitation signing death certificates or assisting in death investigations.
(2) Within one (1) year of the date of employment of a deputy coroner, the coroner shall provide the county judge with the deputy coroner's:
(A) Name;
(B) Address;
(C) Starting date of employment; and
(D) Copy of the certificate under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section.
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14-14-1203. Compensation and expense reimbursements generally.
(a) Appropriation Required. All compensation, including salary, hourly compensation, expense allowances, training expenses, and other remunerations, allowed to any county officer, district officer, county officer-elect, district officer-elect, or employee is made only on specific appropriation by the quorum court of the county.
(b) Payments on Claims Approved by the County Judge. All compensation, including salary, hourly compensation, expense allowances, training expenses, and other remuneration, allowed to any county officer, district officer, county officer-elect, district officer-elect, or employee is made only upon claim or voucher presented to the county judge and approved by him or her in the manner prescribed by law for disbursement of county funds.
(c)Expense Reimbursement.
(1) Except as provided under subdivision (c)(2) of this section, all expense allowances, training expenses, and remunerations other than salary provided in this subchapter shall be made only upon voucher or claim itemizing the allowances or expenses, prepared in the manner prescribed by law, and presented to and approved by the county judge in the manner prescribed by law for the disbursement of county funds.
(2) County officials may make cash advances for travel-related expenses to employees, subject to rules adopted by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.
(d) Decreases in Salary. Any decrease in the annual salary or compensation of a county officer shall not become effective until January 1 following a general election held after the decrease has been fixed by the quorum court of the county.
(e) Enterprise Accounts Prohibited. An elected county or district officer or employee of the county or district
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1203
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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
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 14-14-1204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-14-1206. Compensation of county employees.
(a) Compensation. The quorum court of each county shall fix by ordinance the number and compensation of all county employees, including a bonus or lump-sum payment.
(b)(1) County Employee Defined. “County employee” means an individual or firm providing labor or service to a county government for salary, wages, or any other form of compensation.
(2) As used in this section, “county government” means all offices, departments, boards, and subordinate service districts of county government created by law and subordinate to county government.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1206
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 14-14-1206. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.