Public Service Commission Act, 1997
R 385
National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)RegulationsRegulations regarding the rendering of Forensic Pathology Service, 2007Removal and transportation of body |
| 5. | The Service is responsible for the handling and transporting of a body in a designated vehicle to a designated facility. |
| 6. | A person in charge of a health establishment where a person has been declared dead and the cause of death appears to be unnatural must immediately notify the South African Police Service and the Service of such death. |
| 7. | The Service may only remove a body from the scene of death or health establishment after the South African Police Service has given written authority for removal of such body by the Service. |
| 8. |
| (a) | A body may only be removed from one designated facility to another after the written approval of the person in charge of the facility from where a body is being removed. |
| (b) | The approval contemplated in paragraph (a) must be given after consultation with the South African Police Service. |
