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(a) Where a coroner or county medical examiner has been notified pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-16-24 of the death of any person after birth but before seven years of age whose death is unexpected or unexplained, the medical examiner’s inquiry required by Code Section 45-16-25 shall include an autopsy unless that inquiry shows that such death was expected or explainable with a reasonable degree of medical certainty. (b) The provisions of this Code section shall apply notwithstanding subsection (b) of Code Section 45-16-22 or any other provision of this article.
History
(Code 1981, § 45-16-27.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 45.)
Annotations
Law reviews. - For note on 1990 enactment of this Code section, see 7 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 268 (1990).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1993–1994 · leading case: Jackson v. State, 430 S.E.2d 781 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993).
Jackson v. State, 430 S.E.2d 781 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4דSubsection (a) (6) covers any person who dies "After birth but before seven years of age if the death is unexpected or unexplained.”
Clark v. Arras, 443 S.E.2d 277 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2ד) Defendants argue that the autopsy was specifically authorized under OCGA § 45-16-24 (a) (6), which requires that a medical examiner’s inquiry, including an autopsy (see OCGA § 45-16-27.1 (a)), be performed when any person dies “[a]fter birth but before seven years of age if…”
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