Nevada Revised Statutes 440.435 – Death caused by sudden infant death syndrome: Ordinance may authorize postmortem examination; duties of coroner
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1. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide by ordinance that in all cases where the cause or suspected cause of a death is sudden infant death syndrome, the coroner may take possession of the body, exhuming the body if necessary, and authorize the performance of a postmortem examination thereon. Such examination may include an analysis of the stomach, stomach contents, blood, organs, fluids or tissues of the body.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 440.435
- Board: means the State Board of Health. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.010
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
- State Registrar: means the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.060
2. The findings resulting from the examination performed under subsection 1, including the opinions and conclusions of the examining physician, shall be reduced to writing and included in the coroner’s record of death. The coroner shall file a copy of such report with the State Registrar.