FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Forensic Pathology, Coroner, Long-Term Care
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Inquest coroners (around 40: co(cid:396)o(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s act, duty to give information (s10) Supported group residence: long term care homes. Nursing homes and homes for the aged. Report deaths by completion of an institutional oatent death record. Threshold case- every tenth death- repealed by the chief coroner: deaths in custody mandate an automatic investigation. Detained by or in actual custody of a peace officer when not in a detention facility. Requires investigation and mandatory inquest if the coroner believes they may have not died naturally: accidental deaths in the workplace. This includes workplaces like construction sites: other mandatory inquest deaths. Death in custody off premises of correctional institution. Death while restrained on premises of psychiatric facility. And can size anything else with material relevance to the investigation. Can receive the assistance of the local police and the opp. Can order testing of bodily fluids, injuries and trace evidence. Can order specialised services like forensic anthropology: mandate of coroner.
