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SC Code § 17-5-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-10. Election of coroner.

 There must be an election for coroner by the qualified voters in each county at each alternate general election beginning with the election in the year 1948.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-51; 1952 Code Section 17-51; 1942 Code Section 3553; 1932 Code Section 3553; Civ. C. '22 Section 2098; Civ. C. '12 Section 1277; Civ. C. '02 Section 878; G. S. 701; R. S. 749; 1870 (14) 338; 1897 (22) 591; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-20. Bond.

 Before receiving his commission, the coroner must post a bond, to be executed by him and at least two sureties, but not more than twelve, to be approved, recorded, and filed as prescribed in Chapter 3 of Title 8. The bond must be in the penal sum of two thousand dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-53; 1952 Code Section 17-53; 1942 Code Section 3556; 1932 Code Section 3556; Civ. C. '22 Section 2101; Civ. C. '12 Section 1280; Civ. C. '02 Section 881; G. S. 703; R. S. 752; 1868 (14) 19; 1919 (21) 75; 1930 (36) 1377; 1933 (38) 440; 1935 (39) 131; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-30. Official oaths; commission.

 Before the coroner is qualified to act, he must take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and also the additional oath required by Section 8-3-20. When a person has been elected or designated for appointment to the office of coroner and has taken and subscribed the oaths and given the bond as required by law, the Governor must issue a commission to him accordingly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-55; 1952 Code Section 17-55; 1942 Code Section 3557; 1932 Code Section 3557; Civ. C. '22 Section 2102; Civ. C. '12 Section 1281; Civ. C. '02 Sections 882, 883; G. S. 705, 706; R. S. 753, 754; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-40. Term.

 A coroner shall serve a term of office for four years and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualifies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-56; 1952 Code Section 17-56; 1942 Code Section 3554; 1932 Code Section 3554; Civ. C. '22 Section 2099; Civ. C. '12 Section 1278; Civ. C. '02 Section 879; G. S. 702; R. S. 750; 1870 (14) 338; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-50. Vacancy.

 (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), in the event of a vacancy in the office of coroner, the Governor shall fill the office by appointing a qualified replacement to serve until the earlier of the following:  (1) the next general election for the office of coroner; or  (2) the next general election, in which case an election shall be to fill the unexpired term.  In either circumstance, the person appointed by the Governor shall hold office until his successor shall qualify.  (B) If a county coroner is suspended by the Governor upon the coroner's indictment or for other reasons, the chief magistrate of that county shall act as coroner until the suspended coroner is reinstated or until a coroner is elected and qualifies in the next general election for coroners, whichever occurs first.  (C) Except as provided in subsection (B), the chief deputy or second in command of the coroner's office shall act as coroner until the vacancy is filled by the Governor's appointment. While acting as coroner, the chief deputy or second in command is subject to the duties and liabilities incident to the office of coroner and shall receive the same salary as the former coroner at the time of the vacancy.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-57; 1952 Code Section 17-57; 1942 Code Section 3555; 1932 Code Section 3555; Civ. C. '22 Section 2100; Civ. C. '12 Section 1279; Civ. C. '02 Section 880; G. S. 713; R. S. 751; 1882 (17) 1126; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 52, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007; 2008 Act No. 314, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 17-5-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-60. Office; book of inquisitions.

 The coroner must keep a public office in his county which must have proper fixtures and in which he must keep his book of inquisitions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-58; 1952 Code Section 17-58; 1942 Code Section 3560; 1932 Code Section 3560; Civ. C. '22 Section 2105; Civ. C. '12 Section 1284; Civ. C. '02 Section 886; G. S. 709; R. S. 757; 1839 (11) 78; 1965 (54) 213; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-70. Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties.

 A county coroner shall appoint one or more deputies or investigators to be approved by the judge of the circuit or by any circuit judge presiding therein, who must take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the constitution before entering upon the duties of appointment as a deputy coroner. The oath may be administered by any officer authorized to administer oaths in the county. The appointment must be evidenced by a certificate thereof, signed by the coroner, and continue at the coroner's pleasure. The coroner may take a bond and surety from his deputy as he considers necessary to secure the faithful discharge of the duties of the appointment, but the coroner must always be answerable for the neglect of duty or misconduct in office of his deputy coroner. When duly qualified, as herein required, the deputy coroner may do and perform any or all of the duties appertaining to the office of the coroner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-59; 1952 Code Section 17-59; 1942 Code Section 3558; 1932 Code Section 3558; Civ. C. '22 Section 2103; Civ. C. '12 Section 1282; Civ. C. '02 Section 884; G. S. 706, 707; R. S. 755; 1870 (14) 332; 1972 (57) 2259; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 52, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-5-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-90. Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff.

 No coroner may act as jailer or deputy sheriff or under any appointment by a sheriff, and if he accepts or acts under the appointment of the sheriff of his county, the coroner's office must be vacated and must be filled in the manner provided by law in case of vacancy from any other cause.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-63; 1952 Code Section 17-63; 1942 Code Section 3559; 1932 Code Section 3559; Civ. C. '22 Section 2104; Civ. C. '12 Section 1283; Civ. C. '02 Section 885; G. S. 708; R. S. 756; 1839 (11) 71; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-100. Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs.

 Coroners must execute all lawful orders directed to them by the respective governing bodies of their respective counties, or the chairmen thereof, and must receive the same fees and costs as are allowed in other cases.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-64; 1952 Code Section 17-64; 1942 Code Section 3862; 1932 Code Section 3862; Civ. C. '22 Section 1103; Civ. C. '12 Section 982; Civ. C. '02 Section 797; R. S. 679; 1893 (21) 489; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-110. Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun.

 A coroner or deputy coroner, while engaged in official duties of his office, is authorized to carry a pistol or other handgun. He is considered so engaged when going to or returning from the actual performance of his duties. However, coroners and deputy coroners must be certified and trained by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division in the proper use of handguns.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-65; 1975 (59) 194; 1994 Act No. 440, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-115. Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status.

 (A) A person appointed by a coroner to the position of deputy coroner may, at the discretion of the coroner, attend the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy to be trained and certified as a Class III officer.  (B) A law enforcement officer, as defined by Section 23-23-10(E)(1), who is certified by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council and appointed to serve as a deputy coroner, may, at the discretion of the coroner, retain law enforcement status as a Class III officer.  (C) The classification is limited to the deputy coroner's official duties as provided by law and does not authorize the officer to enforce the state's general criminal laws.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 222, Section 2, eff March 1, 2011.
SC Code § 17-5-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-120. Availability of medical records to coroner of another state.

 Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this State are available to a coroner of another state as they are to a coroner in this State if the deceased person was a resident of or is buried in the county in which the coroner serves in the other state. The release of these records to the coroner of another state is not prohibited by Chapter 4 of Title 30 or any other provision of law.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 490; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-140. Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds.

 (A) From the funds appropriated for the implementation of this section, and subject to the provisions of subsection (C), the State Treasurer shall disburse an equal amount to each county treasurer on a monthly basis. These funds must supplement, and not supplant, existing funds utilized for full-time county coroners.  (B) From the funds received pursuant to this section, each county treasurer must pay the duly elected full-time coroner at least thirty-five thousand dollars annually. If the funds are not totally expended to pay the duly elected full-time coroner, then at the discretion of the coroner he may use the funds to hire a deputy coroner, administrative personnel, or personnel with forensic training. Also, the coroner may use the funds to provide an office or office equipment.  (C) Upon disbursing thirty-five thousand dollars to each county treasurer in a fiscal year, the State Treasurer shall credit any remaining funds pursuant to subsection (D) to the full-time coroners of each county for the performance of their duties. The remaining funds shall be disbursed as follows:  (1) For those counties with a population of one hundred fifty thousand and above, according to the latest official United States Decennial Census, each full-time coroner shall receive an equal share of fifty-five percent of the remaining funds.  (2) For those counties with a population of at least fifty thousand but not more than one hundred forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, according to the latest official United States Decennial Census, each full-time coroner shall receive an equal share of thirty-five percent of the remaining funds.  (3) For those counties with a population of less than fifty thousand, according to the latest official United States Decennial Census, each full-time coroner shall receive an equal share of ten percent of the remaining funds.  (D) Implementation of this section is contingent upon the appropriation of state general funds or the availability of financial support from other sources and must be operational within one year of adequate funding becoming available.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 183 (S.170), Section 2, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 17-5-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-220. Establishment and functions of medical examiner commissions in certain counties.

 A county with a population of 100,000 or more, according to the last official United States census, may establish by appropriate implementing resolution a commission to be known as the medical examiner commission of that county, composed of five members, one of whom must be the chief administrative officer of the county health department who is a permanent member, and four of whom must be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the county legislative delegation. The initial terms of the appointive members are as follows: one member for a term of one year, one member for a term of two years, one member for a term of three years, and one member for a term of four years. After the initial terms, all members serve for terms of four years. The effective date of appointments is July first with terms expiring on June thirtieth. The members must serve without compensation. The length of the terms of those who serve first must be determined by lot at the first meeting of the commission.  The commission must meet as soon as practicable after appointment and must organize itself by electing one of its members as chairman and other officers as may be considered necessary. After this first meeting, the commission must meet at least every six months and more often as its duties require, upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members.  The commission is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations as it may consider necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-162; 1972 (57) 3064; 1973 (58) 101; 1984 Act No. 514; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 77A; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-230. Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities.

 The commission must employ a skilled physician or pathologist as medical examiner for the purpose of performing post-mortem examinations, autopsies, and the examination of other forms of evidence as required by this chapter. The medical examiner must, with the approval of the commission, employ such assistants as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commission must provide the medical examiner with facilities for proper pathological, toxicological, and other laboratory examinations as may be required in the performance of the medical examiner's duties.  The commission may enter into an agreement for the use of the laboratory facilities as may be necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-163; 1972 (57) 3064; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-240. Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.

 In addition to those powers granted in Section 17-5-330, the medical examiner is empowered to employ with the approval of the commission qualified physicians on a full-time, part-time, or per diem basis who, as deputy medical examiners, must carry out the instructions of the medical examiner and act in his absence or disqualification. A deputy medical examiner may do and perform any or all of the duties appertaining to the office of the medical examiner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-164; 1972 (57) 3064; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-280. Records to be kept in office of medical examiner; index; copies; admissibility in evidence.

 The medical examiner's office must keep complete indexed records of all deaths investigated, containing all relevant information concerning the death and the autopsy report, if made. Any prosecuting attorney or law enforcement officer may secure copies of these records or information necessary for the performance of his official duties. Copies of such records or information must be furnished upon request to any party to whom the cause of death is a material issue.  Reports of post-mortem examinations, autopsies, copies of records, photographs, laboratory findings, and reports in the office of the county medical examiner when duly attested by the medical examiner or his assistant must be received as evidence in any court or other proceedings for any purpose for which the original could be received without any proof of the official character of the person whose name is signed thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-168; 1972 (57) 3064; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-330. Salaries and fees; annual budget.

 The commission must fix the salary of the medical examiner. The medical examiner, with the approval of the county medical examiner commission, must fix (1) the salaries of the deputy medical examiners and all employees in the charge of the medical examiner and (2) all fees paid for toxocological examinations and other tests and examinations required. The annual budget for the operation of the medical examiner system must be submitted to and approved by the county governing body.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-173; 1972 (57) 3064; 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-510. Duties of coroner and medical examiner.

 In counties which have both a coroner and a medical examiner:  (1) the coroner has the ultimate responsibility for carrying out the duties required by this article;  (2) the medical examiner's duties must be specified in an annual written contract between the county governing body and the medical examiner.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1.
SC Code § 17-5-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-520. Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death.

 (A) In addition to the powers vested in other law enforcement officials to order an autopsy, the coroner or medical examiner is authorized to determine that an autopsy be made.  (B) The coroner or medical examiner immediately shall request an autopsy if a child's death occurs as defined in Section 17-5-540. The autopsy must be performed as soon as possible by a pathologist with forensic training.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 52, Section 3, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-5-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-540. Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths.

 The 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.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 73, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 281 (H.3102), Section 10, eff June 10, 2014.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 281, Section 10, added paragraph (1), and redesignated former paragraphs (2) and (3) accordingly; in paragraph (2), deleted ", as a result of violence, when unattended by a physician, and"; and deleted the former last undesignated paragraph, defining "unattended by a physician".
SC Code § 17-5-541 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-541. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications.

 (A) For the purposes of this section, "a person responsible for a child's welfare" has the same meaning as in Section 63-7-20(16).  (B) The coroner of each county, within a timeframe not exceeding seven working days, shall schedule a local Child Fatality Review Team to perform a review of a case where a child under the age of eighteen dies in the county he serves. The team may be composed of:  (1) the county coroner or his designee;  (2) a local law enforcement officer;  (3) an agent from the State Law Enforcement Division's Department of Child Fatalities assigned to the case;  (4) a board certified child abuse pediatrician;  (5) a representative from the local county department of social services; and  (6) a forensic pathologist.  (C) In addition to the mandatory notification requirement in Section 17-5-540, the coroner shall immediately notify the local county department of social services and request any involvement of the agency, excluding any economic services, in the life of the child, a sibling, or a person responsible for a child's welfare that resulted in a referred, indicated, or unfounded case.  (D) The local county department of social services, within twenty-four hours or one working day, whichever comes first, must provide the coroner and the State Law Enforcement Division's Department of Child Fatalities information related to any involvement of the agency, excluding any economic services, in the life of the child, a sibling, or a person responsible for a child's welfare that resulted in a referred, indicated, or unfounded case.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 183 (S.170), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 17-5-542 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners|Section 17-5-542. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports.

 (A) The purpose of the local Child Fatality Review Team is to rapidly and expeditiously review all child deaths that occur in the county in which each coroner serves.  (B) To achieve this purpose, the local Child Fatality Review Team shall:  (1) enter the team's findings of each reviewed child death into the Child Death Review Case Reporting System at the direction of the coroner;  (2) submit to the State Child Fatality Advisory Committee, a monthly report and any other reports prepared by the team, including the team's findings of each reviewed child death; and  (3) submit a report of the findings of each reviewed child death to the Bureau of Vital Statistics as prescribed by the State.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 183 (S.170), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.