The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024

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1. Introductory Text

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   Part 1 General

   1. 1.Citation, commencement, extent and application

   2. 2.Interpretation

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   Part 2 Attending practitioner’s certificate

   1. 3.Attending practitioner’s certificate

   2. 4.Attending practitioner’s referral to the relevant senior coroner

   3. 5.Duties of medical examiner after receiving attending practitioner’s certificate

   4. 6.Medical examiner’s scrutiny of cause of death

   5. 7.Relevant attending practitioner’s duty to respond to medical examiner enquiries

   6. 8.Medical examiner’s duty to discuss the cause of death

   7. 9.Medical examiner’s confirmation of cause of death

   8. 10.Medical examiner’s referral to the relevant senior coroner

   9. 11.Confirmed attending practitioner’s certificate to be given to registrar

   10. 12.Invitation to attending practitioner to issue a revised attending practitioner’s certificate

   11. 13.Revised attending practitioner’s certificate

   12. 14.Attending practitioner’s availability to fulfil duties

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   Part 3 Medical examiner’s certificate

   1. 15.Relevant senior coroner referral to a medical examiner

   2. 16.Duties of medical examiner after receiving referral from relevant senior coroner

   3. 17.Referral by relevant senior coroner: medical examiner’s duties

   4. 18.Medical examiner’s duty to discuss the cause of death

   5. 19.Preparation of medical examiner’s certificate

   6. 20.Medical examiner’s referral back to the relevant senior coroner

   7. 21.Medical examiner’s certificate to be given to a registrar

   8. 22.Registrar’s invitation to medical examiner to issue a revised medical examiner’s certificate

   9. 23.Revised medical examiner’s certificate

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   Part 4 Miscellaneous provisions

   1. 24.Manner of providing documents

   2. 25.Availability of certificates and forms

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   Part 5 Transitional provision

   1. 26.Transitional provision

7. Signature

8. Schedules

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      Schedule 1

      Attending practitioner’s certificate – live-born child dying within the period of 28 days beginning with the day of the child’s birth

      1. Part 1 English form

      2. Part 2 English and Welsh form

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      Schedule 2

      Attending practitioner’s certificate – other cases

      1. Part 1 English form

      2. Part 2 English and Welsh Form

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      Schedule 3

      Medical examiner’s certificate – live-born child dying within the period of 28 days beginning with the day of the child’s birth

      1. Part 1 English form

      2. Part 2 English and Welsh form

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      Schedule 4

      Medical examiner’s certificate – other cases

      1. Part 1 English form

      2. Part 2 English and Welsh form

9. Explanatory Note

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