{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-27.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-16-27.1","heading":"Medical examination of unexpected or unexplained death of person under seven years of age.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 16 Coroners","Article 2 Death Investigations"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.45.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"5c6f9eb1b4cae62eb6f646e9d158a91279d98638d13a5a0a7fe8e38515e9d3b9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-27","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}