Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3943 Ratification Number:564 Act Number:490 Introducing Body:House Subject:To provide that records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this state are available to a coroner of another state if the deceased person was a resident of or is buried in the county in which the coroner serves in the other state
(A490, R564, H3943)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 17-5-120 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RECORDS, PAPERS, OR REPORTS CONCERNING THE DEATH OF A PERSON ON FILE AT ANY HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR OTHER MEDICAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE ARE AVAILABLE TO A CORONER OF ANOTHER STATE IF THE DECEASED PERSON WAS A RESIDENT OF OR IS BURIED IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CORONER SERVES IN THE OTHER STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE RELEASE OF THESE RECORDS TO THAT CORONER IS NOT PROHIBITED BY THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 30 (FREEDOM OF INFORMATION).
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Records, etc. available to a coroner of
another state
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 17-5-120. Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person on file at any hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility in this State are available to a coroner of another state as they are to a coroner in this State if the deceased person was a resident of or is buried in the county in which the coroner serves in the other state. The release of these records to the coroner of another state is not prohibited by Chapter 3 of Title 30 or any other provision of law."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.