Action to be taken by medical practitioner after attending place of death
7 Action to be taken by medical practitioner after attending place of death
A medical practitioner who attends a place of death under regulation 6(1)(a) or in accordance with an arrangement under regulation 6(1)(b) is to – issue a medical certificate, if satisfied that – the person who has been notified as dead is in fact dead; and the death is not a reportable death; and an identification tag is attached to the human remains in accordance with regulation 13; or issue a declaration of life extinct, if satisfied that – the person who has been notified as dead is in fact dead; and an identification tag is attached to the human remains in accordance with regulation 13; or notify a police officer or a coroner of the death, if the medical practitioner believes that the death is a reportable death.
On issuing a declaration of life extinct under subregulation (1)(b), a medical practitioner is to – issue a medical certificate, if satisfied that the death is not a reportable death; or specify in the declaration of life extinct the name of another medical practitioner who has agreed to issue a medical certificate.
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