2006 Ohio Revised Code - 313.12. Notice to coroner of violent, suspicious, unusual or sudden death or any death of a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person.

§ 313.12. Notice to coroner of violent, suspicious, unusual or sudden death or any death of a mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person.
 

(A)  When any person dies as a result of criminal or other violent means, by casualty, by suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, when any person, including a child under two years of age, dies suddenly when in apparent good health, or when any mentally retarded person or developmentally disabled person dies regardless of the circumstances, the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from the person's duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances of the death, and any other information that is required pursuant to sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code. In such cases, if a request is made for cremation, the funeral director called in attendance shall immediately notify the coroner. 

(B)  As used in this section, "mentally retarded person" and "developmentally disabled person" have the same meanings as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 2855-5; 121 v 591; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 136 v H 750 (Eff 8-26-75); 144 v H 244. Eff 11-1-92; 150 v S 178, § 1, eff. 1-30-04.
 

The effective date is set by section 4 of HB 244. 

 

Effect of Amendments

S.B. 178, Acts 2004, effective January 30, 2004, inserted "or when any mentally ... regardless of the circumstances" in present (A); added (B); and made minor stylistic and gender neutral changes.