2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
CHAPTER 7 - AUTOPSIES AND INQUEST ON THE DEAD
Section 17-7-80. Duties of coroner concerning motor vehicle, swimming, or boating accident deaths.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 17-7-80 (2017)

Every coroner or other official responsible for performing the duties of coroner shall examine the body within eight hours of death of any driver and any pedestrian, sixteen years old or older, who dies within four hours of a motor vehicle accident or any swimmer or boat occupant who dies within four hours of a boating accident, and take or cause to have taken by a qualified person such blood or other fluids of the victim as are necessary to a determination of the presence and percentages of alcohol or drugs. Such blood or other fluids shall be forwarded to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division within five days after the accident in accordance with procedures established by the Law Enforcement Division.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-96.1; 1974 (58) 2846; 1975 (59) 171.

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