1. (a) Coroners shall use the following protocol in identifying a suspicious death of a child.
2. (b) "Suspicious death" means a death which appears to result from suspicious circumstances or unknown cause and does not result from an identifiable natural cause.

3. (c) The following deaths shall be considered suspicious:

   1. (1) a death from unknown causes; or
   2. (2) a death from other than identified natural causes.
4. (d) "Suspicious circumstances" means circumstances which do not rise to the level of belief or knowledge but which encompass apprehension of something wrong without proof or upon slight evidence.
5. (e) To identify a suspicious death of a child, a coroner shall evaluate whether any suspicious circumstances were reported as present at or during the time leading up to any death of a child.

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 22a-243(h); effective Nov. 21, 1997.)