Opinion No. (1984)

Dear Mr. Wiggins:

This opinion is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions:

1. In a county of the third class with a pathologist serving as coroner, does Section 58.580, RSMo 1978 [sic], prohibit the payment by the county to said pathologist of just and reasonable compensation for his services rendered as a pathologist in a post mortem medical examination?

2. Does the term "post mortem examination" as used in Chapter 58, RSMo 1978, as amended, with respect to coroners in counties of the third class, apply only to those actions that may be performed by anyone serving…