S 0898 General Bill, By Leatherman
    A Bill to amend Sections 17-5-140 and 17-5-265, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the coroner and medical examiner, respectively, to notify the Department of Child Fatalities of certain deaths, so as to provide immunity from a civil action for acts or commissions made in compliance with the law; to amend Section 20-7-5910, relating to the Child Fatality Advisory Committee, so as to add a pediatrician with expertise in sudden infant death syndrome; and to amend Section 20-7-5915, as amended, relating to purpose and duties of the Department of Child Fatalities, so as to direct the Department to require an autopsy in certain cases of sudden death of an infant and to develop a protocol for these autopsies.
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05/31/95	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-127
05/31/95	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-127