46.This section requires the medical reviewer or senior medical reviewer to report any suspicion of criminal activity to the procurator fiscal and follow any directions from the procurator fiscal after a suspicion has been reported.
47.The role of the procurator fiscal in Scotland is not altered by the establishment of the system of medical reviewer scrutiny.
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