§ 418 — Mandatory reporting to and post-mortem investigation of deaths by medical examiner or coroner

§ 418. Mandatory reporting to and post-mortem investigation of deaths\nby medical examiner or coroner. Any person or official required to\nreport cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment, including workers\nof the local child protective service who has reasonable cause to\nsuspect that a child died as a result of child abuse or maltreatment\nshall report that fact to the appropriate medical examiner or coroner.\nThe medical examiner or coroner shall accept the report for\ninvestigation and shall issue a preliminary written report of his or her\nfinding within sixty days of the date of death, absent extraordinary\ncircumstances, and his or her final written report promptly, absent\nextraordinary circumstances, to the police, the appropriate district\nattorney, the local child protective service, the office of children and\nfamily services, and, if the institution making the report is a\nhospital, the hospital. The office of children and family services shall\npromptly provide a copy of the preliminary and final reports to the\nstatewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment.\n