Bill 3943

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               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.