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Court Appointed Medical Examiner

Appointment Process

If you are a licensed psychiatrist/psychologist and interested in serving as a Court Appointed Medical Examiner on either the Adult or Juvenile Panel, you must submit a completed application. Applications are reviewed by the Judicial Recruiting Committee.

The Fee Schedule for Court Appointed Medical Examiners, which applies to all appointments, is available here.

Adult Panel

If you are interested in serving on the Adult Panel you must complete an online application available here.

Privacy Notice

If you choose to send us personal information by e-mailing us, we normally use the information to respond to your message and for no other purpose. We do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or give it to any other public or private organization for commercial purposes or otherwise.

The one exception to this policy is if you send us a threat or a message that describes or promotes unlawful activity. We will share those messages with law enforcement. Any e-mail sent using this form will include the sender's IP Address.

Response time is subject to the number of e-mails received.

To Fill out an Application please Acknowledge the disclaimer agreement below.

I have read the disclaimer and agree to all of these terms and conditions.

Medical Examiner Application

Title
License Type

College degree(s), graduate degree(s), etc.

Internship, residency, fellowship, etc.

If Yes - please list which courts and what type of panel (e.g. adult or juvenile, competency, WIC 361.5(c)(1)): 

If Yes - please attach explanation with dates, including whether the action affected the status of your license.

If yes, please include the nature of the crime, the date of the offense and date of conviction, and the venue.

If Yes - please list language(s)

Please provide a current curriculum vitae/resume; license to practice; proof of malpractice insurance; and copy of a valid identification card.


One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.

Juvenile Panel

If you are interested in serving on the Juvenile Panel, you must complete an online application available here.

Privacy Notice

If you choose to send us personal information by e-mailing us, we normally use the information to respond to your message and for no other purpose. We do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or give it to any other public or private organization for commercial purposes or otherwise.

The one exception to this policy is if you send us a threat or a message that describes or promotes unlawful activity. We will share those messages with law enforcement. Any e-mail sent using this form will include the sender's IP Address.

Response time is subject to the number of e-mails received.

To Fill out an Application please Acknowledge the disclaimer agreement below.

I have read the disclaimer and agree to all of these terms and conditions.

Medical Examiner Application Juvenile Panel

Title
License Type

College degree(s), graduate degree(s), etc.

Internship, residency, fellowship, etc.

If Yes - please list which courts and what type of panel (e.g. adult or juvenile, competency, WIC 361.5(c)(1)): 

explain your expertise and qualifications that meets the requirements of Welfare & Institutions Code § 709(b) and California Rules of Court, rule 5.645(b)(2)

If Yes - please attach explanation with dates, including whether the action affected the status of your license.

If yes, please include the nature of the crime, the date of the offense and date of conviction, and the venue.

If Yes - please list language(s)

Please provide a current curriculum vitae/resume; license to practice; proof of malpractice insurance; and copy of a valid identification card.


One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.

Claim for Payment

Claim for Payment-Medical Evaluation claim forms must be submitted in duplicate with supporting document, if applicable, no later than one year after the last date of service rendered. 

Claim for Payment-Expert Witness claim forms for services and testimony must be submitted in duplicate with supporting document no later than one year after the last date of service.

Mail Claim for Payments to:
Kern County Superior Court
Attention: Executive Administrative Secretary
1415 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301

If you have questions regarding the application process, contact (661) 610-6221.

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