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  89R25953 MCF-F     By: Oliverson H.B. No. 5383       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the requirements for appointment as a medical examiner   or employment as an assistant or deputy medical examiner.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2(a), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commissioners court shall appoint the medical   examiner, who serves at the pleasure of the commissioners court. A   person appointed as the medical examiner must :                 (1)     hold a certification in anatomic pathology and   forensic pathology issued by the American Board of Pathology; and                 (2)  either be:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  a physician licensed by the Texas   Medical Board; or                       (B)  [ (2) ]  a person who:                             (i)  [ (A) ]  is licensed and in good standing   as a physician in another state;                             (ii) [ (B) ] has applied to the Texas Medical   Board for a license to practice medicine in this state; and                             (iii) [ (C) ] has been granted a provisional   license under Section 155.101, Occupations Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 3, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 3.  ASSISTANTS , DEPUTIES, AND OTHER PERSONNEL;   QUALIFICATIONS . (a)   The medical examiner may, subject to the   approval of the commissioners court, employ such assistant or     deputy medical examiners, scientific experts, trained technicians,   officers and employees as may be necessary to the proper   performance of the duties imposed by this Article upon the medical   examiner.           (b)     An assistant or deputy medical examiner employed under   this section must hold or be eligible to hold a certification issued   by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic pathology and   forensic pathology.          SECTION 3.  Section 2(b), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is repealed.          SECTION 4.  A person is not required to comply with Article   49.25, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, until   January 1, 2026.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.