AB201-AA1,2,13
4"59.34
(2) (b) 1. No person serving as a coroner
under sub. (1) or medical
5examiner, or deputy coroner or medical examiner's assistant, who also serves as
a
6volunteer an emergency medical technician,
volunteer first responder
, or a
volunteer 7fire fighter may participate as a coroner
or medical examiner, or deputy coroner or
8medical examiner's assistant, in any case in which he or she may be required to
9participate as
a volunteer an emergency medical technician,
volunteer first
10responder
, or
a volunteer fire fighter. If an apparent or actual conflict of interest
11arises between the person's duties as coroner
or medical examiner and as
volunteer 12emergency medical technician,
volunteer first responder
, or
volunteer fire fighter,
13the deputy coroner
or medical examiner's assistant shall act as coroner
or medical
1examiner in the case in which the conflict exists.
If an apparent or actual conflict of
2interest arises between the person's duties as deputy coroner or medical examiner's
3assistant and as emergency medical technician, first responder, or fire fighter, a
4coroner or another deputy coroner, or a medical examiner or another medical
5examiner's assistant shall act as coroner or medical examiner in the case in which
6the conflict exists. If there is no
coroner, deputy coroner
, medical examiner, or
7medical examiner's assistant available who may act without an apparent or actual
8conflict of interest, the coroner
or medical examiner shall request that the coroner,
9medical examiner, deputy coroner
, or a medical examiner's assistant in
a nearby 10another county act as coroner
or medical examiner in the case in which the conflict
11exists. Any fees owed to or expenses incurred by the acting coroner
or medical
12examiner from the
nearby other county shall be paid by the county that requested
13the acting coroner's
or medical examiner's services.".
AB201-AA1,3,716
59.38
(1) Medical examiner, assistants; salaries; fees; report. The medical
17examiner and medical examiner's assistants authorized by the board shall be paid
18semimonthly out of the county treasury of the proper county, for the performance of
19all their official duties and in lieu of all other compensation, salaries to be fixed by
20the board. The medical examiner and medical examiner's assistants shall collect for
21all services performed, except in cases where the county is solely liable, all fees that
22coroners are by law entitled to receive, and shall keep accurate books of account in
23which shall be entered from day to day the items of services rendered, the titles of
24the proceedings in which and the names of the persons for whom rendered, and the
1fees charged and received, and shall, at the end of every 3 months, render to the board
2and to the treasurer an accurate report or statement, verified by his or her oath, of
3all fees and income collected by them or for them during the 3 months; and at the
4same time they shall pay to the treasurer all fees and incomes collected by them, or
5which they were entitled by law to charge or receive, not paid to the treasurer. The
6medical examiner or a medical examiner's assistant shall act as coroner in
a nearby 7another county when requested to do so under s. 59.34 (2) (b).".