Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The coroner may allow a person, or the person's representative, to observe the autopsy if the coroner considers the person has a sufficient interest in the autopsy.
(2) Before making the order, the coroner--
(a) must, whenever practicable, consult with and consider the views of--
(i) a family member of the deceased person; and
(ii) the doctor who is to conduct the autopsy; and
(b) may consult with, and consider the views of, anyone else the coroner considers appropriate.
(3) The coroner must give prior notice of the time and place of the autopsy to a person whom the coroner allows to observe the autopsy.
(4) The coroner, or a police officer who is investigating the death under this or another Act, is entitled to observe and participate in the autopsy.
(5) A person who is required to observe or participate in an autopsy for his or her vocational training may observe and participate in an autopsy with the consent of the doctor who is conducting the autopsy.
Examples for subsection (5)--
medical students, mortuary staff, nurses and police officers