72.415 Power and authority of coroners and their deputies -- Training course for deputy coroners.

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72.415 Power and authority of coroners and their deputies -- Training course for deputy coroners. (1) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of KRS 72.410 to 72.470, coroners and deputy coroners shall have the full power and authority of peace officers in this state, including the power of arrest and the authority to bear arms, and shall have the power and authority to: (a) Administer oaths; (b) Enter upon public or private premises for the purpose of making investigations; (c) Seize evidence; (d) Interrogate persons; (e) Require the production of medical records, books, papers, documents, or other evidence; (f) Impound vehicles involved in vehicular deaths; (g) Employ special investigators and photographers; and (h) Expend funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of KRS 72.410 to 72.470. The fiscal court or urban-county government shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by the coroner and his deputy in carrying out his responsibilities under the provisions of KRS 72.410 to 72.470. (2) No person shall be eligible to hold the office of deputy coroner unless he holds a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent. Every deputy coroner, other than a licensed physician, shall be required as a condition of office to take during every calendar year he or she is in office the training course of at least eighteen (18) hours provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training or other courses approved by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet after having completed the basic training course the first year of employment. The training course shall include material developed by the cabinet and approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on the human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The material shall include information on known modes of transmission and methods of controlling and preventing these diseases with an emphasis on appropriate behavior and attitude change. Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 153, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 112, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 95, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 35, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). The numbering of subsection (1) of this section has been altered by the Reviser of Statutes from the numbering in 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 153, under the authority of KRS 7.136.