Acts and Regulations

C-23 - Coroners Act

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Duty of institutions to notify Chief Coroner
2023, c.4, s.8
5.2A person in charge of an institution referred to in this section shall immediately notify the Chief Coroner of the facts and circumstances relating to the death of a person who dies
(a) while a patient of a psychiatric facility,
(b) while detained in a correctional institution, penitentiary, place of secure custody or place of temporary detention, whether or not the person dies on the premises or in custody, or
(c) while a patient of a hospital facility if the patient was transferred to the hospital facility from an institution referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
2023, c.4, s.8