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Neosho County seeks medical doctor to serve as district coroner; officials discuss charging cremation permit fees
Summary
County officials were told state law requires a medical doctor as district coroner after Dr. Coates stepped down. Acting coroner described an active search and said counties could consider charging cremation-permit fees to offset coroner costs.
Neosho County commissioners were told at their June 3 budget work session that Kansas law requires a certified medical doctor to hold the office of district coroner, and that the county needs to actively recruit a replacement after the recent resignation of Dr. Coates.
Acting district coroner Rick, who said he is authorized to serve as a special deputy coroner under state guidelines while a medical doctor is found, briefed the commission on the status of district coronial operations and possible funding options.
The coroner described the statutory requirement as a constraint on local appointments and said the district has been advertising with limited response. “We a dentist could…
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