The county medical examiners shall complete eight hours of training in death investigation each year. The Department of Forensic Sciences state medical examiners shall provide the training, or the county medical examiners may attend other training in death investigation with prior approval of the senior medical examiner of Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. All training shall be approved for continuing medical education credits.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.03 (1975)