Text of Statute

When any person dies as a result of criminal or other violent means, by casualty, by suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, or when any person, including a child under two years of age, dies suddenly when in apparent good health, the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from his duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances of the death, and any other information which is required pursuant to sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code. In such cases, if a request is made for cremation, the funeral director called in attendance shall immediately notify the coroner.

HISTORY: GC § 2855-5; 121 v 591; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 136 v H 750 (Eff 8-26-75); 144 v H 244. Eff 11-1-92.

The effective date is set by section 4 of HB 244.