Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Board of Coroner Standards is to raise and maintain the level of competence within the coroner's office by:

(a)  Establishing minimum standards for the training and education of coroners and deputy coroners;

(b)  Planning and promoting the development and improvement of a comprehensive program of education and training in the administration of medical legal death investigation;

(c)  Maintaining liaison among local, state and federal agencies with respect to coroner's education and training.

Section 2. Statutory Authority. These ru1es are promulgated pursuant to W.S.7‑4‑211(c).

Section 3. Definitions. 

(a)  "Board" means the Board of Coroner Standards, created by W.S. 7‑4‑211(a).

(b)  "Coroner" means the elected or appointed officer of the county whose task is to investigate the cause of death in a coroner's case.

(c)  "Coroner's Office" means all personnel appointed and elected to the office of coroner, including the county coroner, deputies and assistants. 

(d)  "Deputy Coroner" means any individual assigned by a coroner to investigate deaths as set forth in W.S. 7-4‑104, and shall include assistant coroners and any other investigator.

(e)  "Director" means the executive director of the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (P.O.S.T.).

(f)  "School" shall mean any school, college, university, academy or local training program which offers coroner's training. This term includes within its meaning a combination of courses, curriculum, instructors and facilities as approved by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission in conjunction with the Board.

(g)  "The Act" means W.S. 7‑4‑103, 7‑4‑104, 7‑4‑211, 9‑1‑634 and 9‑1‑702(g).

 Section 4. Time Computation. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday. As used in this rule, "legal holiday" includes New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, independence Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., Wyoming Equality Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day appointed as a holiday by the President or the Congress of the United States, or by the governor or the legislature of the State of Wyoming.

Section 5. Board Meetings. The Board shall meet upon call of the chairman as often as necessary to carry out its responsibility. Meetings are open to the public. A majority of the members of the Board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of official business.  Minutes shall be kept of all meetings, and a draft submitted to the Director.  Upon approval by the Board the minutes shall be maintained by the Director. 

(a)  Meetings and hearings shall be separate functions.

(b)  At least two meetings shall be held each year. W.S. 7-4-211(c).