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Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

6: Structures and administration

143   Entry to be cancelled on death of health practitioner




    143 Entry to be cancelled on death of health practitioner

  (1)  Promptly after receiving a doctor's certificate relating to the death of
a person who appears to have been a health practitioner, a registrar
under the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995 must give the
Registrar of the responsible authority written notice of the death, with
particulars of its date and place.

  (2)  If there is an entry in the register relating to the health
practitioner, the Registrar must, as soon as is practicable after receiving the
notice,
cancel it.

  (3)  An authority may direct its Registrar to cancel the entry in the
register relating to a health practitioner if it believes on reasonable grounds
(other than having received a doctor's certificate) that a registered health
practitioner has died.

  (4)  In this section, doctor's certificate has the meaning given to that term
by section 2 of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Registration Act 1995.

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