Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.097

58.097. Classroom instruction and training, requirements. — 1. To fulfill the requirements established in section 58.095 , each elected or appointed coroner, deputy coroner, and assistant to the coroner shall complete at least twenty hours of classroom instruction and training each calendar year.

2. (1) The classroom instruction and training required under this section shall relate to:

(a) Operation of the coroner's office;

(b) Legal responsibilities of the coroner's office; and

(c) Technical skills and knowledge required of the coroner's office.

(2) Acceptable training shall relate to administrative standards and ethics of the profession, pathology, toxicology, histology, and other associated medicolegal sciences. Such training shall include, but not be limited to, instruction in best practices or standards, as certified, recognized, or otherwise endorsed by nationally or internationally recognized organizations such as the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners, and the National Institute of Justice.

3. Particular instructional emphases relating to coroner training standards shall include and be provided, at a minimum, on properly conducting, establishing, facilitating, overseeing, performing, and using the following:

(1) Autopsies;

(2) Body or remains handling and transport;

(3) Chain of custody and confidentiality;

(4) Ethical conduct;

(5) Etiology and medical certification;

(6) Evidence, inventory, property, and samples;

(7) Illicit drug handling;

(8) Infant and child fatalities;

(9) Laboratory services;

(10) Mass fatalities;

(11) Notification procedures;

(12) Organ and tissue donation;

(13) Occupational deaths;

(14) Personal protective equipment;

(15) Release of documents, photographs, and other information;

(16) Reporting of probable contagious diseases;

(17) Scene investigation, documentation, and safety;

(18) Sample or specimen collection; and

(19) Statutory and regulatory requirements.

(L. 2025 H.B. 199)