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2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
CHAPTER 5 - CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS
SECTION 17-5-510. Duties of coroner and medical examiner.
SC Code § 17-5-510 (2013) What's This?
In counties which have both a coroner and a medical examiner:
(1) the coroner has the ultimate responsibility for carrying out the duties required by this article;
(2) the medical examiner's duties must be specified in an annual written contract between the county governing body and the medical examiner.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
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