Powers and duties of council generally

The council is vested with the following functions, powers, and responsibilities: (1) To make all the necessary rules and regulations to carry out this article; 469 45-16-65 PUBLIC OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES 45-16-66 (2) To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of every department, agency, or instrumentality of the state government or its political subdivisions in furtherance of the purposes of this article; (3) To approve schools and to prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at approved schools; (4) To issue a certificate of certification to any coroner satisfactorily complying with an approved training program; (5) To withdraw or suspend the certification of any coroner who has performed or is performing the duties of a coroner in violation of this chapter; (6) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to enable it wholly and adequately to perform its duties and to exercise the power granted to it; and (7) To prescribe, by rules and regulations, the minimum requirements for curricula and standards composing the initial in-service, advanced, specialized, and continuing training courses for certification. (Code 1981, § 45-16-65, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 333, § 3.) 45-16-66. Annual training requirement for certified coroners; fees. (a) In order to maintain the status of a certified coroner, each person certified as such shall complete such additional training per annum during each year in which he or she serves as coroner as provided by the Georgia Coroner’s Training Council in its rules and regulations, but such training course shall not be less than 16 hours per year. Each coroner and deputy coroner shall file a certificate of additional training with such council. (b) No person serving as a coroner shall charge or collect any fee, charge, or cost of any kind for his services, including those fees specified in this article, unless such person is a certified coroner. (Code 1981, § 45-16-66, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 797, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 45; Ga. L. 1990, p. 333, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 5; Ga. L. 1994, p. 356, § 2.)