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Health and Safety Code § 102865

ARTICLE 3. Responsibility of Coroner

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

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.