Coroners and medical examiners. The chief of police or his authorized subordinate of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, and the medical examiner of the city and county of Honolulu, shall, ex officio, be the coroner for his respective county.
Qualifications, Term of Office, and Training
Is the coroner or medical examiner position elected?
No. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 841-1.
If so, how many years is the term of office?
Not applicable.
What are the qualifications specified by law?
An autopsy of a deceased person under this chapter shall be performed by an anatomic or forensic pathologist certified as such by the American Board of Pathology. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 841-14.5.
The medical examiner or any of the medical examiner’s assistants in the city and county of Honolulu, and any experienced or qualified government physician designated by the coroner in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, shall be the coroner’s physician for such county or city and county. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 841-18.
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Does Hawaii have a coroner?
Coroners and medical examiners. The chief of police or his authorized subordinate of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, and the medical examiner of the city and county of Honolulu, shall, ex officio, be the coroner for his respective county.
Qualifications, Term of Office, and Training
Is the coroner or medical examiner position elected?
No. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 841-1.
If so, how many years is the term of office?
Not applicable.
What are the qualifications specified by law?
An autopsy of a deceased person under this chapter shall be performed by an anatomic or forensic pathologist certified as such by the American Board of Pathology. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 841-14.5.
The medical examiner or any of the medical examiner’s assistants in the city and county of Honolulu, and any experienced or qualified government physician designated by the coroner in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, shall be the coroner’s physician for such county or city and county. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 841-18.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/coroner/hawaii.html#:~:text=Coroners%20and%20medical%20examiners.,coroner%20for%20his%20respective%20county.