Reportable Deaths-Sudden
If death occurs when in apparent good health or in any suspicious or unusual manner.
1. Any person pronounced dead on arrival (DOA) at any hospital, emergency room of a hospital, or doctor's office shall be reported.
 
4. All deaths occurring within 24 hours of admission to a hospital unless the patient has been under the continuous care of a physician 7. Deaths occurring while in any jail, confinement, or custody.
 
2. Any infant or young child found dead shall be reported, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
 
5. Sudden death on the street, at home, in a
public place, or at a place
of employment.

 
8. Drug abuse, habitual use of drugs, or drug addiction.
 
3. All stillborn infants where there is suspected or actual injury to the mother or infant.
 
6. Deaths under unknown circumstances whenever there are no witnesses or where little or no information can be elicited concerning the deceased.
 
9. Alcoholism.

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