§ 16-37-3-7 — Deaths referred to the coroner for investigation

Indiana § 16-37-3-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 37: VITAL STATISTICS
• Ch. 3: Certificates of Death and Stillbirth; Burial Permits

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(a) If the circumstances suggest that the death
was caused by other than natural causes or a person dies or is declared
dead in an emergency department and the emergency physician, who
is the physician last in attendance, is uncertain as to the cause and
manner of death, the following individual shall refer the case to the
coroner for investigation:
(1) The emergency department physician, upon consultation with
an attending physician, if available.
(2) If there is no emergency department physician, the attending
physician.
(3) If the attending physician has failed to refer the case to the
coroner, the local health officer.
(b) The coroner shall report a death coming under the coroner's
supervision upon official death certificate blanks to the health officer
having jurisdiction not more than three (3) days after the inquest is
held. Another person may not report the death.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-17-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.67-2016, SEC.1.