30/11/2019
When must a death be reported to the Coroner? • The Schedule to the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 specifies a list of circumstances where a report must be made – notwithstanding the foregoing provisions • Consideration of the Schedule shows that many deaths occurring in, or arriving in, the ED will be reportable
Who must report?
• Section 9 2019 Act (s16B) – A person specified … shall, as soon as practicable after becoming aware of a reportable death – Unless he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that the death has already been reported to the coroner by another person specified in whichever of those subsections is appropriate – Report, or cause to be reported, the death to the coroner for the district in which the body is lying – Failure to do so is an offence
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Who must report?
Who must report?
• Section 9 2019 Act (s16B) – any medical practitioner, nurse or midwife who had responsibility for, or involvement in, the treatment or care of the deceased person in the period immediately before his or her death or who was present at his or her death; – any registered medical practitioner who examines the body of the deceased person after death; – any paramedic or advanced paramedic, who had responsibility for, or involvement in, the care of the deceased person in the period immediately before his or her death or who was present at his or her death
• Section 9 2019 Act (s16B) – If the reportable death concerned is that of a stillborn child or a death intrapartum – Any medical practitioner, nurse or midwife who had responsibility for, or involvement in, the treatment or care of the woman concerned in the period immediately before or after the delivery of the stillborn child, or who was present at the delivery – Is required to report, or cause to be reported, the death … to the coroner concerned
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Who must report?
Who must report?
• Section 9 2019 Act (s16B) – The obligation imposed on a person … shall be deemed to be discharged if he or she reports the death as soon as practicable after becoming aware of it to a member of the Garda Síochána – It shall be the duty of a member of the Garda Síochána, on becoming aware of a reportable death … to report the death as soon as practicable to the coroner for the district in which the body is lying
• Section 9 2019 Act (s16B) – Any person who reports a death pursuant to this section shall give to the coroner (or, as the case may be, a member of the Garda Síochána) … – All such information available to him or her as may assist the coroner in the performance of his or her functions under this Act
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