and professional specialists as may be provided for by ordinance. The chief and each assistant medical examiner shall be a licensed physician board certified in forensic pathology, or shall be eligible to be so board certifiedwithin three years after appointment. 2. Whenever in the opinion of the chief medical examiner, after a
full investigation of the circumstances and cause of death, there is reasonable suspicion of a violation of the criminal or civil lawof the state, a full copy of all evidence and opinion of the investigating examiner shall be promptly filed with the prosecuting attorney and the department of police. 3. The chief medical examiner shall keep full and complete
records in the chief medical examiner’s office, properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of deceased persons whose deaths have been investigated, the place where the body was found, date and cause of death, and all other information that may be required by lawor by ordinance or that the chief examiner deems pertinent. All such records shall be available for inspection by the prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, the superintendent of the state highway patrol, the department of police and by any party or the party’s attorney having justifiable interest therein. 4. The chief medical examiner and each assistant shall have
power to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits, and make examinations as to any matter within their jurisdiction but they shall not be required to summon a jury of inquisition. 5. In addition to the duties prescribed by this charter, the chief
medical examiner, either directly or through assistants, shall perform those duties and functions prescribed by law for coroners except as otherwise provided in this charter or by ordinance. 6. The prosecuting attorney, the department of police and all
interested or affected officers and employees of the county shall cooperate fully with and assist the chief medical examiner in the performance of the chief medical examiner’s duties. Section 4.155. There shall be a county health advisory board
composed of nine residents of the county holding no other county office, appointed by the county executive subject to confirmation by the council. Members shall serve overlapping terms of three
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