S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-540: Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths.

The coroner or medical examiner, within twenty-four hours or one working day, whichever occurs first, must notify the Department of Child Fatalities when a child dies in the county he serves:

(1) as a result of violence;

(2) in any suspicious or unusual manner; or

(3) when the death is unexpected and unexplained including, but not limited to, possible sudden infant death syndrome.