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Coroners Regulation 2015
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This section applies for each of the following services conducted by a doctor, if the provision of the service is arranged with a coroner in advance of the coroner requiring the doctor to conduct the service— an autopsy conducted under the Act that is 1 of the following— an external examination of a body not conducted as part of a preliminary investigation of a body; an external and partial internal examination of a body; an external and full internal examination of a body; an examination of the cremated remains of a body; a preliminary investigation of a body; a test for an autopsy under section 23 of the Act . The fee payable to the doctor for conducting the autopsy, preliminary investigation or test is— for each whole hour—$269.34; and for a part of an hour—$269.34 multiplied by the percentage representing the part of an hour. However, time spent in taking a CT scan is to be disregarded in working out the fee under subsection (2) . See section 4 (Fee payable to doctor for taking CT scan) In this section— autopsy means— an autopsy; and preparing and giving an autopsy report for the autopsy under section 25 (1) of the Act . preliminary investigation of a body , by a doctor, means an investigation of a body, other than to the extent it is the taking of a CT scan, to decide whether the doctor can form a sufficient opinion as to the probable cause of death for the purpose of completing a cause of death certificate under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 . considering the circumstances of death reviewing medical records an external examination of the body, including, for example, using an X-ray (sch.1-sec.1-ssec.1) This section applies for each of the following services conducted by a doctor, if the provision of the service is arranged with a coroner in advance of the coroner requiring the doctor to conduct the service— an autopsy conducted under the Act that is 1 of the following— an external examination of a body not conducted as part of a preliminary investigation of a body; an external and partial internal examination of a body; an external and full internal examination of a body; an examination of the cremated remains of a body; a preliminary investigation of a body; a test for an autopsy under section 23 of the Act . (sch.1-sec.1-ssec.2) The fee payable to the doctor for conducting the autopsy, preliminary investigation or test is— for each whole hour—$269.34; and for a part of an hour—$269.34 multiplied by the percentage representing the part of an hour. (sch.1-sec.1-ssec.3) However, time spent in taking a CT scan is to be disregarded in working out the fee under subsection (2) . See section 4 (Fee payable to doctor for taking CT scan) (sch.1-sec.1-ssec.4) In this section— autopsy means— an autopsy; and preparing and giving an autopsy report for the autopsy under section 25 (1) of the Act . preliminary investigation of a body , by a doctor, means an investigation of a body, other than to the extent it is the taking of a CT scan, to decide whether the doctor can form a sufficient opinion as to the probable cause of death for the purpose of completing a cause of death certificate under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 . considering the circumstances of death reviewing medical records an external examination of the body, including, for example, using an X-ray