13Obligation to report reviewable death

13 Obligation to report reviewable death

S. 13(1) amended by No. 31/2013 s. 15(1).

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a registered medical practitioner who is present at or after the death of a child must report the death without delay to the State Coroner or the Institute if the death is a reviewable death.

S. 13(2) amended by No. 31/2013 s. 15(1).

(2) If more than one registered medical practitioner is present at or after a reviewable death and one of them reports it to the State Coroner or the Institute, the other practitioners need not report the death.

S. 13(3) amended by No. 31/2013 s. 15(1).

(3) A person who has reasonable grounds to believe that a reviewable death has not been reported to the State Coroner or the Institute as a reviewable death must report the death without delay to the State Coroner or the Institute.

S. 13(4) inserted by No. 31/2013 s. 15(2).

(4) The Institute must refer to the State Coroner a report of a reviewable death received from a registered medical practitioner or other person under this section as soon as practicable after receipt of that report.

Part 4—Investigation of deaths and fires

Division 1—Investigation of deaths

14 Deaths a coroner may investigate

(1) A coroner may investigate a death that is or may be a reportable death if the death appears to have occurred within 100 years before the death was reported to a coroner.

(2) A coroner may investigate a death reported to the coroner under section 12(2).

(3) A power under subsection (1) includes a power to investigate whether the death is a reportable death.