Jobs in this family apply scientific analysis in analyzing human remains for law enforcement agencies to help with the recovery of human remains; determining the identity of unidentified human remains; interpreting trauma; and estimating the time of death at the Forensics Laboratory headquarters and/or the State Medical Examiner’s Office.

Jobs and Descriptions

Associate State Medical Examiner

For a complete list of assigned duties, please see MS Code 41-61-77. Requires an employee licensed to practice medicine in Mississippi and, either board-certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology or be a physician who is eligible to sit for the forensic pathology board examination administered by the American Board of Pathology

OCCU: 9640
Pay Grade: MED10

State Medical Examiner

For a complete list of assigned duties, please see MS Code 41-61-63. Requires an employee to be a physician who is eligible for a license to practice medicine in Mississippi and be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology (MS Code 41-61-77)

OCCU: 9641
Pay Grade: MED11