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Health and Safety Code § 102865

ARTICLE 3. Responsibility of Coroner

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 102865Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.

In any case involving an infant under the age of one year where the gross autopsy results in a presumed diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome, the coroner shall, within 24 hours of the gross autopsy, notify the local health officer, as defined in Section 123740.