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Duties of Coroners and Medical Examiners

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