********CLOSED Newly elected officials contact [email protected] directly for registration******

There are 40 P.O.S.T. credit hours available for this training.

The primary purpose of the Basic Coroner course is to provide coroners and deputy coroners with the skills necessary to respond to, investigate and document death scenes in Montana.  The course is required by state law for county coroners within 12 months of election.  Topics typically covered include laws pertaining to coroners, cause of death and autopsy, forensic odontology, excited delirium, trace evidence considerations, camera operations and death scene photography, scene preservation, tissue and organ donation and working with the media and families as well as state agencies.

Agencies will need to send their prospective students to MLEA with a laptop or tablet capable of accessing the internet and their ACADIS Portal. If you do not have access to your ACADIS Portal, please contact your supervisor or POST at [email protected].

Registration for the course can be done at  MLEA Acadis

No substitutions or changes will be accepted after Dec. 1st, 2026.

If you are planning on staying on campus and eating meals here the cost is $30.00 per day for lodging (if available), $30.00 for the full meal plan or $10.25 for lunch only. Lunch IS NOT included in the training. there is a $100 fee for this training.

Point of contact is Kelly Sherman at 406-444-9953 [email protected]