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South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17
Chapter 5
Article 3
Coroners
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17-5-10
Election of coroner
17-5-20
Bond
17-5-30
Official oaths; commission
17-5-40
Term
17-5-50
Vacancy
17-5-60
Office; book of inquisitions
17-5-70
Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties
17-5-80
Repealed by 2007 Act No. 52, Section 6, eff June 6, 2007
17-5-90
Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff
17-5-100
Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs
17-5-110
Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun
17-5-115
Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status
17-5-120
Availability of medical records to coroner of another state
17-5-130
Coroner qualifications; affidavits of candidates; training; exemptions; Coroners Training Advisory Committee; Expenses
17-5-135
Opioid antidote administration by coroners
17-5-135 to 17-5-150
Repealed by 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1, eff July 20, 2001
17-5-140
Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds
17-5-150
Coroners and deputy coroners considered public safety officers
17-5-250
Power to determine that autopsy shall be made
17-5-260
Duty to notify medical examiner of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry and findings of medical examiner
17-5-265
County medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths
17-5-270
Certification of cause of death; procedures for execution and signing
17-5-275
Petition by medical examiner for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere
17-5-290
Identification, preservation and disposition of dead bodies
17-5-300
Unauthorized removal of dead body; impanelling coroner's jury
17-5-305
Burial required for remains of unidentified dead person
17-5-310
Permit required for cremation
17-5-320
Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner when body is buried without investigation