Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 9525.2. Coroners’ course of instruction

(a) Course of instruction.--The board shall establish a course of instruction which shall be given to all coroners upon their first election to office after the effective date of this act.

(b) Contents of course.--The course of instruction shall consist of not less than 32 hours and shall be given between the date of each municipal election and December 31 of that year.

(c) Location of course.--The board shall determine the time and place or places of the course of instruction, but due consideration shall be given to the facilities at the State Police Academy.

(d) Deputies.--In addition to the course of instruction for elected coroners, the board shall establish a course of instruction for chief deputy and full-time deputy coroners, which shall be of such duration and given at such times and places as the board shall determine. The board shall determine whether elected coroners, chief deputy coroners and full-time deputy coroners who are licensed and certified as physicians in this Commonwealth shall be required to complete the course of instruction provided in section 3.  1

(e) Personnel.--All State departments, agencies, boards and commissions shall cooperate in providing personnel, equipment and support to the courses of instruction.

(f) Examination.--In addition to preparing the courses of instruction, which shall include such subjects as crime-scene investigation, toxicology, forensic autopsies and the legal duties of the office of the coroner, the board shall prepare a written examination for the coroners and the deputies, to be given at the conclusion of each course of instruction.

(g) Tuition.--The board shall establish the tuition to be charged for the courses of instruction, which shall be as nearly equal to the cost of conducting the courses and the examination as possible.