West Virginia § 49-2-807 Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner; postmortem investigation

West Virginia Statutes

§ 49-2-807 — Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner; postmortem investigation

West Virginia § 49-2-807

Ch. 49CHILD WELFARE

Art. 2STATE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHILDREN

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W. Va. Code § 49-2-807 (2026).

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Any person or official who is required pursuant to section eight hundred three of this article to report cases of suspected child abuse or neglect and who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child abuse or neglect, shall report that fact to the appropriate medical examiner or coroner. Upon the receipt of that report, the medical examiner or coroner shall cause an investigation to be made and report his or her findings to the police, the appropriate prosecuting attorney, the local child protective service agency and, if the institution making a report is a hospital, to the hospital.

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Any person or official who is required pursuant to section eight hundred three of this article to report cases of suspected child abuse or neglect and who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child abuse or neglect, shall report that fact to the appropriate medical examiner or coroner. Upon the receipt of that report, the medical examiner or coroner shall cause an investigation to be made and report his or her findings to the police, the appropriate prosecuting attorney, the local child protective service agency and, if the institution making a report is a hospital, to the hospital.