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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (26 September) . . Page.. 3631 ..

CERTIFICATE IS COMPLETED BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN WITH THE MEDICAL REFEREE PROVIDING THE SECOND CERTIFICATE.

AS MOST CREMATIONS TAKE PLACE WITHIN TWO TO THREE DAYS OF DEATH IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT THE FUNERAL HOMES ARE ABLE TO CONTACT A MEDICAL REFEREE WITHOUT DELAY. THE MEDICAL REFEREE MUST ATTEND THE FUNERAL HOME AND EXAMINE THE BODY BEFORE ISSUING THE CERTIFICATE. THE PAPERWORK IS THEN PRESENTED TO THE CREMATION AUTHORITY 24 HOURS PRIOR TO CREMATION. IT IS ESSENTIAL THEREFORE THAT MEDICAL REFEREES ARE AVAILABLE AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS.

SINCE SOMP NO NEW MEDICAL REFEREES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED. ALL APPOINTMENTS PRIOR TO SOMP REMAIN VALID BUT THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL REFEREES IS DECLINING AS APPOINTMENTS ARE RESIGNED. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENCED BY NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTACT A MEDICAL REFEREE IMMEDIATELY.

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