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County coroners present draft statute to clarify duties, training and reportable deaths
Summary
Bennett County coroner Tory Danner and the Idaho Association of Counties presented a legislative draft to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee to tighten coroner duties, expand reportable deaths, tie education to ABMDI‑approved courses and explore death‑certificate funds for training; legislators pressed for a dollar figure to fund reforms.
Tory Danner, Bennett County coroner and vice president of the Idaho State Association of County Coroners, told the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee that coroners drafted statutory changes to respond to the Office of Performance Evaluations' review.
The draft would add a dedicated powers and duties section for coroners, expand the list of deaths required to be reported to coroners, and add a new definitions section that the group said will reduce jurisdictional confusion. "We added 23 definitions," Danner said while summarizing the legislative draft the group compiled with representation from each…
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