South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners
Section 17-5-60. Office; book of inquisitions.

The coroner must keep a public office in his county which must have proper fixtures and in which he must keep his book of inquisitions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-58; 1952 Code Section 17-58; 1942 Code Section 3560; 1932 Code Section 3560; Civ. C. '22 Section 2105; Civ. C. '12 Section 1284; Civ. C. '02 Section 886; G. S. 709; R. S. 757; 1839 (11) 78; 1965 (54) 213; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.

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Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 17 - Criminal Procedures

Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners

Section 17-5-5. Definitions.

Section 17-5-10. Election of coroner.

Section 17-5-20. Bond.

Section 17-5-30. Official oaths; commission.

Section 17-5-40. Term.

Section 17-5-50. Vacancy.

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 17-5-130. Coroner qualifications; affidavits of candidates; training; exemptions; Coroners Training Advisory Committee; Expenses.

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 17-5-230. Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities.

Section 17-5-240. Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.

Section 17-5-280. Records to be kept in office of medical examiner; index; copies; admissibility in evidence.

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 17-5-530. Duty to notify coroner's or medical examiner's office of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry; findings; notification of next-of-kin; consent for certain actions.

Section 17-5-535. Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy; training use exception; penalty.

Section 17-5-540. Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths.

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 17-5-544. Child Fatality Review team; exemptions from disclosure; public information; penalties.

Section 17-5-550. Coroner or medical examiner may petition for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere.

Section 17-5-555. Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults.

Section 17-5-560. Certification of cause of death on death certificate.

Section 17-5-570. Release and burial of dead bodies; preservation and disposition of unidentified dead bodies.

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.

Section 17-5-600. Permit required for cremation.

Section 17-5-610. Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner in certain cases when body is buried without investigation.