§ 14-15-304 - Confidentiality.
14-15-304. Confidentiality.
(a) Records gathered and created during the course of a coroner's investigation shall be confidential and deemed exempt from the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, 25-19-101 et seq., but only until such time that the coroner issues his final report.
(b) Confidential medical information gathered during the course of the investigation shall remain exempt from public inspection and copying except as quoted in the coroner's final report.