The coroner or medical examiner, within twenty-four hours or one working day, whichever occurs first, must notify the Department of Child Fatalities when a child dies in the county he serves:
(1) as a result of violence;
(2) in any suspicious or unusual manner; or
(3) when the death is unexpected and unexplained including, but not limited to, possible sudden infant death syndrome.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 281 (H.3102), Section 10, eff June 10, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 281, Section 10, added paragraph (1), and redesignated former paragraphs (2) and (3) accordingly; in paragraph (2), deleted ", as a result of violence, when unattended by a physician, and"; and deleted the former last undesignated paragraph, defining "unattended by a physician".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners
Section 17-5-10. Election of coroner.
Section 17-5-30. Official oaths; commission.
Section 17-5-60. Office; book of inquisitions.
Section 17-5-70. Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties.
Section 17-5-90. Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff.
Section 17-5-100. Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs.
Section 17-5-110. Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun.
Section 17-5-115. Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status.
Section 17-5-120. Availability of medical records to coroner of another state.
Section 17-5-140. Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds.
Section 17-5-220. Establishment and functions of medical examiner commissions in certain counties.
Section 17-5-240. Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.
Section 17-5-330. Salaries and fees; annual budget.
Section 17-5-510. Duties of coroner and medical examiner.
Section 17-5-520. Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death.
Section 17-5-541. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications.
Section 17-5-542. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports.
Section 17-5-543. Meetings of Child Fatality Review Team; confidentiality; penalties.
Section 17-5-555. Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults.
Section 17-5-560. Certification of cause of death on death certificate.
Section 17-5-580. Authorization for removal of dead body; penalties; coroner's jury.
Section 17-5-590. Disposition of remains of unidentified dead bodies.