Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) As soon as practicable after completing an autopsy, the doctor who conducted the autopsy must--
(a) prepare an autopsy report; and
(b) give--
(i) the report to the coroner; and
(ii) a copy of the report to an investigating police officer who asks for a copy of the report.
(2) However, if the doctor is unable to do something required by subsection (1), another appropriately qualified doctor can do the thing.
(3) If the chief executive or health chief executive asks for a copy of an autopsy report, or a copy of a test report, the doctor who conducted the autopsy or the person who did the test, must give a copy of the report to--
(a) a public service employee nominated by the chief executive; or
(b) a public service employee, health service employee or health executive, nominated by the health chief executive.
(4) The chief executive or health chief executive may ask a doctor who conducts autopsies for--
(a) a copy of the autopsy report prepared by the doctor for a particular deceased person; or
(b) all autopsy reports prepared by the doctor for deceased persons who--
(i) died in similar circumstances; or
(ii) had similar characteristics; or
(iii) may be grouped by other criteria; or
Example--
The health chief executive could ask a doctor to give the health chief executive copies of all autopsy reports the doctor makes at any time relating to deaths of children under the age of 1.
(c) copies of all autopsy reports prepared by the doctor.
(5) In this section--
health executive means a health executive under the Health Services Act 1991.
health service employee means a health service employee under the Health Services Act 1991.
investigating police officer means a police officer who is investigating the death under this or another Act.
test report means a document containing the results of a test performed for an autopsy.