Section 199.1. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Act—The Act of March 2, 1988 (P. L. No. 1988—No. 22) (16 P. S. § § 9525.1—9525.6).

Basic Education Course—The course of instruction required by the act to be given to coroners upon their first election to office and to chief deputy and full-time deputy coroners upon first being appointed to either position.

Board—The Coroners’ Education Board.

Certification—Documentation issued by the Board indicating that education requirements have been met.

Continuing education—Yearly educational requirement mandated by the act for every coroner, chief deputy coroner and full-time deputy coroner.

Examination—The examination given at the conclusion of the Basic Education Course.

Full-time deputy coroner—An individual employed by a county and deemed by the county to be ‘‘full-time.’’

Just-cause—Instances such as job-related emergencies, or illness or accident suffered either by a person required to meet basic education requirements or by the person’s immediate family or death of the person’s immediate family member or in instances when an appointment to fill a vacancy occurs prior to the next scheduled Basic Education Course.