Dignity of deceased person to be respected
88 Dignity of deceased person to be respected
When a post mortem examination or other examination or test is conducted on the remains of a deceased person under this Part, regard is to be had to the dignity of the deceased person.
If more than one procedure is available to a person conducting a post mortem examination to establish the cause and manner of a deceased person’s death, the person conducting the examination is to endeavour to use the least invasive procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.
Without limiting subsection (2), examples of procedures that are less invasive than a full post mortem examination of the remains of a deceased person include (but are not limited to) the following—
an external examination of the remains,
a radiological examination of the remains,
blood and tissue sampling,
a partial post mortem examination.
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