                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEATH OF INFANTS UNDER EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AGE; AUTOPSIES REQUIRED; DEFINITION OF
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (§ 32.1-285.1)

An autopsy shall be performed in the case of any infant death which is suspected
to be attributable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
		For the purposes of this section, &#8220;Sudden Infant Death Syndrome&#8221;
(SIDS), a diagnosis of exclusion, means the sudden and unexpected death of an
infant less than eighteen months of age whose death remains unexplained after a
thorough postmortem examination which includes an autopsy.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 965.