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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-206" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Developmental Disabilities Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Upon notification of the death of an individual in a program or facility funded or operated by the Administration, the administrative head of the program or facility shall report the death:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Immediately to the sheriff, police, or chief law enforcement official in the jurisdiction in which the death occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Immediately to the Secretary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>By the close of business the next working day to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Deputy Secretary;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The health officer in the jurisdiction where the death occurred; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The designated State protection and advocacy system.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A report may be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Oral if followed by a written report within 5 working days from the date of the death; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Written.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A written report shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name, age, and sex of the deceased;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The time of discovery of the death;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The deceased’s place of residence at the time of death;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The location where the body was discovered;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The name of the person who took custody of the body;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The name of the person evaluating the death, if known;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Whether or not an autopsy is being performed, if known;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the next of kin or legal guardian, if known; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Any other information the administrative head of the service or program determines should be provided to the medical examiner and the persons listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection on the deaths occurring:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>By violence;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>By suicide;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>By casualty;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Suddenly, if the deceased was in apparent good health; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>In any suspicious or unusual manner.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The sheriff, police, or chief law enforcement officer shall inform a medical examiner in accordance with § 5–309(b) of this article, and the medical examiner, if necessary, shall conduct an investigation in accordance with the provisions of that section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
