Notification of death
82 Notification of death
In this section —
cause of death certificate means a certificate of the cause of a person’s death under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 section 44(1).
The coordinating practitioner or administering practitioner for a patient must, within 2 business days after becoming aware that the patient has died (whether or not after self‑administering, or being administered, a voluntary assisted dying substance in accordance with this Act), notify the Board, in the approved form, of the patient’s death.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the administering practitioner for a patient gives the Board a copy of a practitioner administration form in respect of the patient under section 61(4).
Subsections (5) and (6) apply if a medical practitioner who is required to give a cause of death certificate for a person knows or reasonably believes that the person was a patient who self‑administered, or was administered, a voluntary assisted dying substance in accordance with this Act.
The medical practitioner must, within 2 business days after becoming aware that the person has died, notify the Board, in the approved form, of the person’s death, unless the medical practitioner is the coordinating practitioner or administering practitioner for the person.
The medical practitioner must not include any reference to voluntary assisted dying in the cause of death certificate for the person.
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