Indiana § 36-2-14-6.3 Coroner notification of child deaths; coroner consultation with child
death pathologist; suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths;
autopsy

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-2-14-6.3 — Coroner notification of child deaths; coroner consultation with child death pathologist; suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths; autopsy

Indiana § 36-2-14-6.3

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 2GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY

Ch. 14County Coroner

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Ind. Code § 36-2-14-6.3 (2026).

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(a)A coroner shall immediately notify:

(1)the local office of the department of child services by using the statewide hotline for the department; and

(2)either:

(A)the local child fatality review team; or

(B)if the county does not have a local child fatality review team, the statewide child fatality review committee; of each death of a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age, or appears to be less than eighteen (18) years of age and who has died in an apparently suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained manner.

(b)If a child less than eighteen (18) years of age dies in an apparently suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained manner, the coroner shall consult with a child death pathologist to determine whether an autopsy is necessary. If the coroner and the child death patholog

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3. (a) A coroner shall immediately notify:
(1) the local office of the department of child services by using
the statewide hotline for the department; and
(2) either:
(A) the local child fatality review team; or
(B) if the county does not have a local child fatality review
team, the statewide child fatality review committee;
of each death of a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age,
or appears to be less than eighteen (18) years of age and who has died
in an apparently suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained manner.
(b) If a child less than eighteen (18) years of age dies in an
apparently suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained manner, the coroner
shall consult with a child death pathologist to determine whether an
autopsy is necessary. If the coroner and the child death pathologist
disagree over the need for an autopsy, the prosecuting attorney shall
determine whether an autopsy is necessary. If the autopsy is considered
necessary, a child death pathologist or a pathology resident acting
under the direct supervision of a child death pathologist shall conduct
the autopsy within twenty-four (24) hours after the prosecuting attorney
notifies the pathologist or pathology resident of the determination. If
the autopsy is not considered necessary, the autopsy shall not be
conducted.
(c) If a child death pathologist and coroner agree under subsection
(b) that an autopsy is necessary, the child death pathologist or a
pathology resident acting under the direct supervision of a child death
pathologist shall conduct the autopsy of the child.