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In forceHealth practitioner to notify board about death
Part 4Accessing voluntary assisted dying and death
Division 4.4Notifications about death
83 Health practitioner to notify board about death
(1)
This section applies if a health practitioner—
(a)
is required to give the registrar‑general notice under section 82; but
(b)
is not required to give the board notice of the individual’s death under section 79, section 80 or section 81.
(2)
Within 4 business days after the day the health practitioner becomes aware of the individual’s death, the health practitioner must give written notice of the death to—
(a)
the board; and
(b)
the director‑general.
Maximum penalty (paragraph (a)): 20 penalty units.
(3)
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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