§49-6A-3. Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner;
postmortem investigation. Any person or official who is required
under section two of this article to report cases of suspected
child abuse or neglect and who has reasonable cause to suspect
that a child has died as a result of child abuse or neglect,
shall report that fact to the appropriate medical examiner or
coroner. Upon the receipt of such a report, the medical examiner
or coroner shall cause an investigation to be made and report
his findings to the police, the appropriate prosecuting
attorney, the local child protective service agency and, if the
institution making a report is a hospital, to the hospital.