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South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17
Chapter 5
Article 7
Duties of Coroners and Medical Examiners
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17-5-510
Duties of coroner and medical examiner
17-5-520
Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death
17-5-530
Duty to notify coroner's or medical examiner's office of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry; findings; notification of next-of-kin; consent for certain actions
17-5-535
Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy; training use exception; penalty
17-5-540
Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths
17-5-541
Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications
17-5-542
Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports
17-5-543
Meetings of Child Fatality Review Team; confidentiality; penalties
17-5-544
Child Fatality Review team; exemptions from disclosure; public information; penalties
17-5-550
Coroner or medical examiner may petition for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere
17-5-555
Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults
17-5-560
Certification of cause of death on death certificate
17-5-570
Release and burial of dead bodies; preservation and disposition of unidentified dead bodies
17-5-580
Authorization for removal of dead body; penalties; coroner's jury
17-5-590
Disposition of remains of unidentified dead bodies
17-5-600
Permit required for cremation
17-5-610
Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner in certain cases when body is buried without investigation