# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 35 — Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

### Chapter 01 — Medical Examiner Cases

#### Regulation .16 Child Abuse or Neglect, or Both.

*COMAR 10.35.01.16*

A death that is investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner that is found to be caused by or related to child abuse or neglect shall be reported by a medical examiner orally and in writing to local departments of social services and the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the child last resided, in accordance with Family Law Article, §5-704, Annotated Code of Maryland.