Section 17-5-540 - Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deathsThe coroner or medical examiner, within twenty-four hours or one working day, whichever occurs first, must notify the Department of Child Fatalities when a child dies in the county he serves:
(1) as a result of violence;(2) in any suspicious or unusual manner; or(3) when the death is unexpected and unexplained including, but not limited to, possible sudden infant death syndrome.Amended by 2014 S.C. Acts, Act No. 281 (HB 3102), s 10, eff. 6/10/2014.2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.