South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 36

36—Notification of deaths by doctors

        (1)         A doctor who was responsible for a person's medical care immediately before death, or who examines the body of a deceased person after death, must, within 48 hours after the death, give written notice of the death to the Registrar, including the particulars required by regulation.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (2)         However, a doctor—

            (a)         need not give a notice under this section if another doctor has given the required notice; and

            (b)         must not give a notice under this section if the State Coroner or a police officer is required to be notified of the death under the Coroners Act 2003 .

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (3)         When notice of a death is given, the doctor must also give a certificate in a form approved by the Registrar, certifying the cause of death, to—

            (a)         the Registrar; and

            (b)         the funeral director or other person who will be arranging for the disposal of the human remains.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (4)         If a child is still-born, the child's death is not to be notified under this section ¹ .

Note—

1         In the case of a still-birth notice must be given to the Registrar under section 12.