Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a doctor who conducts an autopsy.
(2) As soon as practicable after completing an autopsy, the doctor must--
(a) complete an autopsy notice in the approved form; and
(b) give the notice to the registrar under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003.
(3) As soon as practicable after the doctor determines the cause of death, or the doctor finally decides that the doctor can not determine the cause of death, the doctor must--
(a) complete an autopsy certificate in the approved form; and
(b) give the certificate to the registrar under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003.
Example--
After completing an autopsy, the doctor may decide that the doctor can not determine the cause of death until the doctor receives the results of toxicology tests. If the results of the toxicology tests are inconclusive, the doctor may finally decide that the doctor can not determine the cause of death.
(4) If, after completing an autopsy, the doctor determines the cause of death, or the doctor decides that the doctor can not determine the cause of death the doctor need not comply with subsection (2).
(5) However, if the doctor is unable to do something required by subsection (2) or (3), another appropriately qualified doctor can do the thing.
(6) In this section--
approved form means a form approved by the chief executive of the department in which the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 is administered.
autopsy includes a post-mortem examination under the Coroners Act 1958.