Section 325.15. Salary of county coroner

(A) Each coroner shall be classified, for salary purposes, according to the population of the county. All coroners shall receive annual compensation in accordance with the following schedules and in accordance with section 325.18 of the Revised Code:

CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2001 FOR CORONERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class	Population Range	Compensation
1	1 - 20,000	$18,842
2	20,001 - 35,000	21,410
3	35,001 - 55,000	23,978
4	55,001 - 95,000	35,112
5	95,001 - 200,000	43,676
6	200,001 - 400,000	53,951
7	400,001 - 1,000,000	60,803
8	1,000,001 or more	64,451
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2001 FOR CORONERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class	Population Range	Compensation
5	175,001 - 200,000	$98,689
6	200,001 - 400,000	98,689
7	400,001 - 1,000,000	101,085
8	1,000,001 or more	103,480
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2016 FOR CORONERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class	Population Range	Compensation
1	1 - 20,000	$23,195
2	20,001 - 35,000	26,357
3	35,001 - 55,000	29,518
4	55,001 - 95,000	43,223
5	95,001 - 200,000	53,769
6	200,001 - 400,000	66,418
7	400,001 - 1,000,000	74,851
8	1,000,001 or more	79,343
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2016 FOR CORONERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class	Population Range	Compensation
5	175,001 - 200,000	$121,488
6	200,001 - 400,000	121,488
7	400,001 - 1,000,000	124,439
8	1,000,001 or more	127,389
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2017 AND THEREAFTER FOR CORONERS WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class	Population Range	Compensation
1	1 - 55,000	$30,993
2	55,001 - 95,000	45,384
3	95,001 - 200,000	56,458
4	200,001 - 400,000	69,739
5	400,001 - 1,000,000	78,594
6	1,000,001 or more	83,310
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2017 AND THEREAFTER FOR CORONERS WITHOUT A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Class	Population Range	Compensation
3	175,001 - 200,000	$127,563
4	200,001 - 400,000	127,563
5	400,001 - 1,000,000	130,661
6	1,000,001 or more	133,759

(B) A coroner in a county with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand one or more shall not engage in the private practice of medicine unless, before taking office, the coroner notifies the board of county commissioners of the intention to engage in that private practice.

A coroner in a county with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand one or more shall elect to engage or not to engage in the private practice of medicine before the commencement of each new term of office, and a coroner in such a county who engages in the private practice of medicine but who intends not to engage in the private practice of medicine during the coroner's next term of office shall so notify the board of county commissioners as specified in this division. For a period of six months after taking office, a coroner who elects not to engage in the private practice of medicine may engage in the private practice of medicine, without any reduction of the salary as provided in division (A) of this section and in section 325.18 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of concluding the affairs of the coroner's private practice of medicine.

Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.

Effective Date: 06-03-2002