Duty to report suspicions of criminalityS
16Involvement of procurator fiscalS
(1)A medical reviewer (including the senior medical reviewer) must report any suspicion of criminality arising from the review of a medical certificate of cause of death (or a number of such reviews) to the procurator fiscal.
(2)A medical reviewer (including the senior medical reviewer), having reported a suspicion under subsection (1), must follow the directions of the procurator fiscal as to the appropriate action to take.
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 in force at 13.5.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/115, art. 3