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BURIAL AND CREMATION REGULATIONS 2015 (S.R. 2015, NO. 33) - REG 7

Action to be taken by medical practitioner after attending place of death
(1)  A medical practitioner who attends a place of death under regulation 6(1)(a) or in accordance with an arrangement under regulation 6(1)(b) is to –
(a) issue a medical certificate, if satisfied that –
(i) the person who has been notified as dead is in fact dead; and
(ii) the death is not a reportable death; and
(iii) an identification tag is attached to the human remains in accordance with regulation 13 ; or
(b) issue a declaration of life extinct, if satisfied that –
(i) the person who has been notified as dead is in fact dead; and
(ii) an identification tag is attached to the human remains in accordance with regulation 13 ; or
(c) notify a police officer or a coroner of the death, if the medical practitioner believes that the death –
(i) is a reportable death; or
(ii) may not have been due to natural causes.
(2)  On issuing a declaration of life extinct under subregulation (1)(b) , a medical practitioner is to –
(a) issue a medical certificate, if satisfied that the death is not a reportable death; or
(b) specify in the declaration of life extinct the name of another medical practitioner who has agreed to issue a medical certificate.



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