2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
CHAPTER 5 - CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS
SECTION 17-5-520. Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death.
(A) In addition to the powers vested in other law enforcement officials to order an autopsy, the coroner or medical examiner is authorized to determine that an autopsy be made.
(B) The coroner or medical examiner immediately shall request an autopsy if a child's death occurs as defined in Section 17-5-540. The autopsy must be performed as soon as possible by a pathologist with forensic training.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 52, Section 3, eff June 6, 2007.
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