23-14-9.2. Autopsy fees--Coroner performing autopsy--County of residence to pay for autopsy. A physician or surgeon appointed under § 23-14-9.1 shall receive a reasonable fee for his services to be ascertained and approved by the board of county commissioners and paid out of the general fund of the county. If the coroner is a physician or surgeon, he may personally perform such autopsy; and he shall receive a reasonable fee for his services to be ascertained and approved by the board of county commissioners and paid out of the general fund of the county. If the death or autopsy occurs in a county other than the decedents' county of residence, the county of residence shall reimburse the county where the autopsy occurred for the cost of the autopsy, provided that the county of residence either requested the autopsy or is the site where the accident or injury leading to the death occurred.
Source: SL 1951, ch 188, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.1015; SL 1961, ch 184, § 1; SL 1967, ch 103, § 2; SDCL, § 23-13-9; SL 1978, ch 171, § 13; SL 1987, ch 172.
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