SPRING MEETING:

March 25th at The Inn @ Ellis Square, Savannah.
There are plenty of rooms available if you need reservations.
A lot of information with some proposed changes to our districts will
be discussed so please try to attend.
There will be a reception afterwards with a special treat provided by NIVEK.

TRAINING SCHEDULE 2010:

CLASSES:

HERE ARE THE UPCOMING CLASSES FOR 2010
No walk in's are allowed

In service dates:

March 10-12..... Forsyth
Savannah .....Is full
April 5-7.....Forsyth
May 3-5 ..... Rome
June 2-4 .....Forsyth


Prerequisite: Participants must be a Coroner or Deputy Coroner.
Students need to complete ICS-700 and ICS-100 before attending class.

This year's subject matter deals with Child Fatality Review, LifeLink,
ICS 100, Blood Evidence and Homicide Investigations.

Special Notes: This course is required for certification by the
Georgia Coroners Training Council. The fee for this course is $300.00.
The check should be issued to the Georgia Coroners Training Council
and is due on the first day of class.
To sign up, please call The Center at 478-993-4528.

You are reminded that every Coroner and Deputy Coroner
must have 24 hours of continuing education each year.
All courses you receive outside of the courses from
Forsyth must be approved by the Georgia Coroners Training Council
prior to you attending these courses.

House Bill 64 has been signed by the Governor

House Bill 64 has been signed by the Governor.
It goes into effect July 1, 2009.
The portion related to Coroners is as follows:

SECTION 1A.
Chapter 16 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to coroners, is amended by adding a new subsection to
Code Section 45-16-22, relating to medical examiners' inquiries, as follows:

(f.1) When death occurs in a hospital as a direct result and consequence of
acts or events taking place in a county other than the one in which such
death occurs, the hospital shall immediately notify the coroner or the
county medical examiner of the county in which the acts or events resulting
in the death occurred.

SECTION 1B.
After having been admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state and
without regaining consciousness within 24 hours of admission,
it shall be the duty of any law enforcement officer or other person
having knowledge of such death to notify immediately the Coroner
or county Medical Examiner of the county which the acts or events resulting
in the death occured or the body is found.

For the purposes of this Code section, no person shall be deemed to have died
unattended when the death occurred while the person was a patient of a hospice
licensed under Article 9 of Chapter 7 of Title 31."

By-Laws Changes

The By-laws committee made the following changes
to the Constitution & By-laws of the Georgia Coroners Association.

Constitution: Section 3: Sub Section E:

The secretary shall receive a total of $400.00
upon approval of the Executive Committee for his (or her)
services as secretary. $200.00 payable at the
semi-annual meeting and $200.00 payable at the
annual meeting of the Association.

Constitution: Section 4: Sub Section E:

He or she shall receive a total of $400.00
upon approval of the Executive Board Committee
for services as Treasurer. $200.00 payable at
the semi – annual meeting and $200.00 payable at the
annual meeting of the Association.

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

Gary McElhenney needs the following information:
Name__________________
County_______________________
How many years have you served as
Coroner________or Deputy Coroner_________?
He needs this information because we would
like to recognize years of service for the Coroner’s.
Every 4 years the Deputies get a pin for the years of service.
This is information that Gary needs to keep a record of every year.

You can e-mail Gary at putnamcoroner@netcommander.com
or fax the information to 706-485-0460.

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Connie Kitchens-Jackson:

If anyone has a death or sickness in the family, please call me and let me
know. 706-598-2161
Connie Kitchens-Jackson, Coroner Glascock County
E-Mail Connie

A New Rule:

Remember: Electronic Death Certificates Are Coming:
The Georgia Department of Vital Records is implementing
death certificates online. They are testing different areas now and
want to roll out statewide by October of this year.
It will be interesting to see how long it will take to
get a certified death certificate. Vital Records will send someone to
Macon to preview this at our annual meeting. It should be very interesting.

NOTE:
You are reminded that every Coroner and Deputy Coroner
must have 24 hours of continuing education each year.
All courses you receive outside of the courses from
Forsyth must be approved by the Georgia Coroners Training Council
prior to you attending these courses.

The cost of the classes are $300.00 made payable to the
Georgia Coroner’s Training Council.
To sign up, please call the Training Center at 478-993-4528.

From Vanita Hullander with reference
to the website

The website committee is still trying to build a memorial
page for the website. They need members to provide a list of
Coroners and Deputy Coroners that died while in office or Coroners
who received special recognition from their community or other
agencies.

New Items Now Available !

Purchase Coroners Association Items On This Site
Or Contact, Hon. Gary McElhenney. Treasurer

Danny Galpin, Secretary
Georgia Coroners Association
E-Mail Danny Galpin