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72.410 Investigation of deaths defined as a coroner's case.
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The coroner of each county shall investigate the cause and manner of all
deaths that are defined by KRS 72.405 as a coroner's case.
The coroner may, in his sound discretion, when investigating a coroner's case,
request the assistance of the district medical examiner and the Office of the
Kentucky State Medical Examiner, order an autopsy, and hold an inquest.
(a) Upon notification of the death of a child under the age of eighteen (18)
years which meets the criteria for a coroner's case as defined in KRS
72.405 and 72.025, the coroner shall as soon as practicable contact the
local office of the Department for Community Based Services, law
enforcement agencies with local jurisdiction, and the local health
department to determine the existence of relevant information concerning
the case.
(b) Any agency of the state or any other agency, institution, or facility
providing services to the child or the child's family, shall provide to the
coroner upon his or her request the cooperation, assistance, and
information to enable the coroner to comply with the provisions of this
chapter. This section shall not be deemed to abrogate the attorney-client
nor the clergy-penitent privilege or the confidentiality of records provided
by KRS 311.377(2). If other privileged or confidential records are
disclosed to the coroner pursuant to this section, the records shall remain
confidential or privileged and shall not be disclosed except as authorized
by this section, to the state or local child fatality response team, or as
otherwise required by law.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 152, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 8, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 347, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 4,
effective June 17, 1978.
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