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CORONERS ACT 2008 (NO. 77 OF 2008) - SECT 13

Obligation to report reviewable death

    (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 if the death is a reviewable death.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (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, the other practitioners need not report the death.

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

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

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