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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 37 Notification of deaths by doctors

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 37

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, notify the Registrar of the death and of the cause of the death in a form and manner approved by the Registrar and specifying any prescribed particulars.

Penalty:     12 penalty units.

    (2)     When a notice is given under subsection (1), the doctor must also give a notice in the form and manner approved by the Registrar and specifying any prescribed particulars that the death has occurred to the funeral director or other person who will be arranging for the disposal of the human remains.

Penalty:     12 penalty units.

    (3)     However, a doctor is not required to give a notice under subsection (1) or (2) if another doctor has given the required notices.

S. 37(4) amended by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch.  2 item 3.4).

    (4)     A doctor must not give a notice under subsection (1) or (2) if a coroner or police officer is required to be notified of the death under the Coroners Act 2008 .

Penalty:     12 penalty units.