(55 ILCS 5/3-3020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3020)
Sec. 3-3020.
Coroner to be notified; violation.
Every law enforcement official, funeral director, ambulance attendant,
hospital director or administrator or person having custody of the body of
a deceased person, where the death is one subject to investigation under
Section 3-3013, and any physician in attendance upon such a
decedent at the time of his death, shall notify the coroner promptly. Any
such person failing to so notify the coroner promptly shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, unless such person has reasonable cause to believe
that the coroner had already been so notified.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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