2005 West Virginia Code - §49-6A-3. — Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner; postmortem investigation.

§49-6A-3. Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner; postmortem investigation.

Any person or official who is required under section two of this article to report cases of suspected child abuse or neglect and who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child abuse or neglect, shall report that fact to the appropriate medical examiner or coroner. Upon the receipt of such a report, the medical examiner or coroner shall cause an investigation to be made and report his findings to the police, the appropriate prosecuting attorney, the local child protective service agency and, if the institution making a report is a hospital, to the hospital.

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