(1) Requests for recertification must be submitted by the employing agency designee for any coroner, medical examiner, or medicolegal investigative personnel directly affected by the regulation.

(2) Requests shall be submitted in writing, with appropriate documentation, to the commission. Requests shall be accepted up to six months prior to the expiration date and due by or before the expiration date.

(3) Request for recertification:

(a) For a medical examiner:

(i) Proof of continued board certification as a forensic pathologist by the American Board of Pathology or proof of 30 hours of continuing education, for which documentation shall include:

(A) Certificate of completion or other documentation showing completion;

(B) Course description;

(C) Agenda/syllabus/program;

(D) Number of education hours.

(ii) Proof of continued licensure by the Washington state medical commission.

(iii) Proof of good standing by the employing agency on agency letterhead.

(b) For a coroner or medicolegal investigation personnel:

(i) Proof of 30 hours of continuing education. Documentation shall include:

(A) Certificate of completion or other documentation showing completion;

(B) Course description;

(C) Agenda/syllabus/program;

(D) Number of education hours.

(ii) Proof of good standing by the employing agency on agency letterhead.

(4) Upon submission of the appropriate documentation, the commission shall review and evaluate relevant materials and issue recertification, if applicable, within 60 days.

(5) If the applicant has not met the qualifications to receive recertification, the commission shall:

(a) Issue recertification upon satisfactory completion of acceptable continuing education to be completed within six months from time application for recertification is deemed not to have met the qualifications, or submission of needed materials; or

(b) Require attendance of the core medicolegal forensic investigation training regardless of previous attendance if certification has lapsed by one year or more.

(6) During the six-month period to complete or rectify missing eligibility requirements for recertification required by the commission as provided in subsection (5)(a) of this section, expiration of the current certificate will be delayed until the end of this six-month period or upon the issuance of a new certificate.