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Valid from 13/05/2015
16Involvement of procurator fiscalS
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(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.
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