SOUTH CAROLINA FUNERAL LAW EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔10% of the funds - ✔✔Coroners with a county population of less that 49,999 split
this percentage
✔✔Medical Examiner Commission - ✔✔County commission that regulates medical
examiners and their facilities
✔✔Chief Administrative officer of the county health department - ✔✔Permanent
member of the Medical Examiner Commission
✔✔July 1st - ✔✔Effective date of appointments for Medical Examiner commission
✔✔Every six months - ✔✔Medical Examiner Commission must meet
✔✔County Solicitor - ✔✔Cause and Manner of death must be sent to the Coroner and
this official in cases of violent death
✔✔$5000-$50000 - ✔✔Fine for disseminating autopsy video, photographs, etc
✔✔Department of Child Fatalities - ✔✔Must be notified with 24 hours when a child dies
of unusual/violent causes
✔✔Seven working days - ✔✔Amount of days the coroner house to schedule a local
Child Fatality Review Team
✔✔24 hours or one working day - ✔✔Department of social services must notify the
coroner or state law enforcement division any unfounded cases after the death of a
child
✔✔$500 or 6 months - ✔✔Penalty for violating Child Fatality provisions
✔✔Vulnerable Adult Investigations - ✔✔Coroner or medical examiner must refer
unusual/violent cases to this organization within 24 hours or one working day
✔✔24 hours - ✔✔Amount of time given to coroner, medical examiner or deputy medical
examiner to sign death certificate
✔✔Electronic Commerce Act - ✔✔Authorized electronic signatures for death certificates
✔✔$500-$1000 and/or imprisonment for 60 days - ✔✔Penalty for removing a body prior
to the coroner/medical examiner
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔10% of the funds - ✔✔Coroners with a county population of less that 49,999 split
this percentage
✔✔Medical Examiner Commission - ✔✔County commission that regulates medical
examiners and their facilities
✔✔Chief Administrative officer of the county health department - ✔✔Permanent
member of the Medical Examiner Commission
✔✔July 1st - ✔✔Effective date of appointments for Medical Examiner commission
✔✔Every six months - ✔✔Medical Examiner Commission must meet
✔✔County Solicitor - ✔✔Cause and Manner of death must be sent to the Coroner and
this official in cases of violent death
✔✔$5000-$50000 - ✔✔Fine for disseminating autopsy video, photographs, etc
✔✔Department of Child Fatalities - ✔✔Must be notified with 24 hours when a child dies
of unusual/violent causes
✔✔Seven working days - ✔✔Amount of days the coroner house to schedule a local
Child Fatality Review Team
✔✔24 hours or one working day - ✔✔Department of social services must notify the
coroner or state law enforcement division any unfounded cases after the death of a
child
✔✔$500 or 6 months - ✔✔Penalty for violating Child Fatality provisions
✔✔Vulnerable Adult Investigations - ✔✔Coroner or medical examiner must refer
unusual/violent cases to this organization within 24 hours or one working day
✔✔24 hours - ✔✔Amount of time given to coroner, medical examiner or deputy medical
examiner to sign death certificate
✔✔Electronic Commerce Act - ✔✔Authorized electronic signatures for death certificates
✔✔$500-$1000 and/or imprisonment for 60 days - ✔✔Penalty for removing a body prior
to the coroner/medical examiner
