Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY REGULATION 2017 - REG 8

8 Register of bodies—accepting schools

(1) The person in charge of an accepting school for bodies of deceased persons must keep a register for the bodies under subsections (2) and (3) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) The register must include each of the following particulars in relation to each deceased person’s body—

(a) the name, age, sex and last address of the deceased person;

(b) the day and place of death of the deceased person;

(c) the day and time the body was received at the accepting school;

(d) the name of the person from whom the body was received;

(e) the name of the individual who delivered the body to the accepting school for the person mentioned in paragraph (d) ;

(f) the type of authority for the donation of the body to the accepting school;

(g) the name of the person who obtained the authorising documents for the body;

(h) the name of the person at the accepting school who received the body;

(i) the accepting school’s unique identification of the body, including, for example, a number or code;

(j) if the body is authorised to be retained only for a particular period—the period;

(k) if, during the deceased person’s lifetime, the person gave written instructions about the disposal of the person’s body—a summary of the instructions;

(l) the day and time the body was removed from the accepting school for disposal;

(m) the name of the person at the accepting school who allowed the removal of the body for disposal;

(n) the name of the person who removed the body for disposal;

(o) the name of the individual who removed the body for the person mentioned in paragraph (n) ;

(p) the day, place and method of disposal of the body.

(3) If the accepting school lends the body to a borrowing school, the register must also include the following particulars—

(a) the name of the borrowing school;

(b) the day and time the body was removed from the accepting school for the loan;

(c) the name of the person from the accepting school who allowed the removal of the body from the school;

(d) the day and time the body was received by the borrowing school;

(e) the name of the person from the borrowing school who received the body;

(f) the day and time the body was returned to the accepting school;

(g) the name of the person from the borrowing school who allowed the return of the body to the accepting school;

(h) the name of the person from the accepting school who received the body.

(4) The person in charge of the accepting school must record in the register—

(a) the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) (a) to (k) —as soon as possible after the body is received at the school; and

(b) the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) (l) to (o) —as soon as possible after the body is removed from the accepting school for disposal; and

(c) the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) (p) —as soon as possible after the disposal of the body; and

(d) if the body is lent to a borrowing school—

(i) the particulars mentioned in subsection (3) (a) to (e) —as soon as possible after the body is received at the borrowing school; and

(ii) the particulars mentioned in subsection (3) (f) to (h) —as soon as possible after the body is received at the accepting school.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.