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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
Death shall be notified immediately to the doctor or to the police.
The health care unit or doctor shall report the death to the Population Information System and the Institute for Health and Welfare and to the Institute for Health and Welfare. Details of the notification shall be laid down by the Government Decree.
The obligation for a health and welfare institution to notify death of the death penalty, as well as the subsequent notification, is laid down by a decree of the Council of Ministers.
It shall be responsible for the maintenance of the documents and particulars submitted to it under this Act. Documents or documents contained in documents may be kept permanently. Retention of data contained in documents or documents on a permanent basis in the archive (181/1994) .
The deceased may be buried or the body transferred to the university for medical or research purposes only once the cause of death has been established, as specified by the Government Decree, and the authorisation has been granted.
The burial of the authorisation shall be issued by a doctor unless otherwise specified by the Council Regulation.
The rules on the procedure for determining the cause of death in medical terms are laid down by a decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
A medical autopsy may be performed to determine the cause of death if the deceased person has been in a medical condition during his last illness and if the autopsy is necessary for the general health and medical treatment.
An application for a medical autopsy shall be carried out on the application by a person nearest to the deceased person's immediate family or deceased person, without prejudice to the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, unless it may take place without difficulty in a medical service; or Other activities of the health centre.
A medical autopsy shall not be performed when a forensic pathway is performed.
The medical autopsy of a person who died in a hospital or a health centre, or a person who is dead or dead, shall be the subject of a medical autopsy or a doctor in charge of the medical centre or health centre. The measure must be subject to the consent of the deceased person's immediate family or deceased person. Where consent cannot be obtained without delay, the institution of health and welfare may, as a doctor, refer to it for a decision to carry out an autopsy.
As a result of an application in accordance with Article 4 (2) of the medical procedure referred to in Article 4 (2), a person other than the deceased person referred to in paragraph 1 shall decide the medical establishment or The relevant doctor or doctor in charge of the health centre, in which the municipality of residence of the municipality or the body of a group of municipalities in the municipality of (2013) Normal residence. Where the place of residence of a deceased person cannot be determined without difficulty, and if other specific reasons so require, the place of death shall be determined by the medical establishment or health centre performing the medical The consultant concerned or the attending physician.
If the decision of the doctor referred to in paragraph 1 is negative, but the doctor who has taken care of the deceased person at the hospital or health centre is of the opinion that it is necessary to carry out the autopsy, the medical practitioner shall be entitled to escort the And the welfare institution.
The health and welfare institution shall treat the matter of medical necropsy as a matter of urgency. Before a decision is taken, a person's immediate family or otherwise close shall be given an opportunity to be heard, provided that it is possible without undue delay.
In the event of an autopsy being carried out by a doctor other than those referred to in Article 5 (1), or a doctor responsible, the doctor or the competent doctor shall be given an opportunity to give an opinion if it is possible without undue delay.
When authorising an autopsy, the health and welfare institution must at the same time provide for the opening.
The decision to conclude a decision under this section of a health and welfare institution shall not be subject to appeal.
A police investigation is required to determine the cause of death.
(1) when the death is not known to be caused by the disease or when the deceased has not been treated by a doctor during his last illness;
(2) when death is caused by a crime, accident, suicide, poisoning, occupational disease or treatment, when there is reason to suspect that death was caused by any such cause; or
3) when otherwise there has been a surprise.
The investigation shall, where appropriate, be used to assist the doctor.
The police must inform the prosecutor of the death of the person who is under the law on the treatment of persons detained by the police (841/2006) In the custody referred to in paragraph 6 or under the supervision of the police in the event of loss of freedom. (12/01/832)
If the medical autopsy reveals the facts referred to in Article 7, the doctor shall immediately inform the police of the matter.
If it is not possible to determine the cause of death on the basis of a medical examination carried out by a doctor and on the basis of other evidence in the investigation, a forensic autopsy must be carried out before the deceased may be buried or the body To donate to a university or university for medical education or research.
The decision to perform a forensic pathology of the order shall be performed by a police officer or police chief of police or other police officers appointed by them, the public prosecutor concerned, the court or the health and Welfare institution.
For the purpose of determining the medical cause of death and the cost of transport of the body submitted for it, the operator of the medical centre or the health centre is responsible for the execution of the body's transport costs. The investigation has been completed.
The costs arising from the examination of the medical death penalty shall be borne by the State, unless otherwise provided for by any other provision or by the court or tribunal, at the end of the case.
Certificate of death, death certificate, permission to bury and the death certificate shall be issued free of charge.
Control and control of the cause of death are part of the health and welfare institution.
The Institute for Health and Welfare is responsible for forensic pathology.
The health and welfare institution shall approve the hospital or other place where the autopsy is carried out.
Any doctor or other person who is deceased during his last illness or who otherwise has information on the circumstances of death shall be obliged, upon request, to inform the doctor, police or any other person concerned The investigating authority for the purpose of determining the cause of death.
Documents relating to the cause of death are confidential.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, the information contained in the documentation on the cause of death may be provided:
(1) the court, the other authority or entity which has the right to information as provided for by the law;
(2) to the person whose application or, with the consent, the measure necessary to determine the cause of death has been carried out;
(3) the relatives of the deceased or any other person close to him;
(4) an insurance or pension institution where there is a reasonable need to dispose of an application for the benefit of the benefit.
The statistical centre and the authorities involved in determining the cause of death, as referred to in this Act, may authorise the receipt of data from the death certificates and other documents relating to the cause of death in the field of scientific research, statistics. And the planning and clearing work of the Authority, in accordance with the law of the public authorities (18/09/1999) Provides. The donors are obliged to keep the information confidential. (21.5.1999/684)
Any breach of this law or of any provisions adopted pursuant to it shall be condemned, unless the act is punishable by a penalty, infringement of the provisions on the detection of death penalty or imprisonment for a maximum period of six months.
More detailed provisions on the implementation of this law shall be adopted, where appropriate, by a decree of the Government.
The decree of the Council of State provides for the provision of legal medical examinations made by the authority on compensation and fees paid by the State.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1974 and shall repeal Article 44 (3) of the Penal Code , as defined by the Law of 6 June 1914, Article 8 of the Criminal Code, as set out in the Law of 17 April 1959, (192/59) , and the law of 1 April 1953 on medical autopsies (147/53) .
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 1991.
HE 233/90, sosvkms. 44/90, svk.Met. 227/90
This Act shall enter into force on 1 December 1992.
The provisions and guidelines issued by the Social and Health Government at the time of entry into force of this Act shall remain in force until the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health annuls them.
THEY 264/92 , StVM 38/92
This Act shall enter into force on 1 March 1998.
Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.
Article 15 (2) and (3) provides for the transmission of information, does not apply to samples of maize and to the Church of the People's Register, which must keep the causes of death unknown before the entry into force of the law.
THEY 56/1997 , HaVM 12/1997, EV 89/1997
This Act shall enter into force on 1 December 1999.
30/1998 , Case 31/1998, EV 303/1998
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 189/2001 , StVM 34/2001, EV 157/2001
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.
At the time of entry into force of this Act, pending the entry into force of this Act, matters relating to the death penalty will be passed on to the Department of Health and Welfare.
Agreements and commitments relating to the detection of the death penalty by the Board of Directors and the rights and obligations arising therefrom shall be transferred to the health and welfare institution at the time of entry into force of this Act.
Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.
THEY 151/2009 , StVM 38/2009, EV 171/2009
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2014.
THEY 222/2010 , LaVM 44/2010 EV 374/2010
