Moore Jennifer, Stokes Tim, Gray Ben
J Law Med. 2016 Mar;23(3):557-70.
When must a death that occurs in a health care setting be reported to the coroner? This article explores this question by analysing the Coroners Act 2006 (NZ) and the amendments to the health care-related deaths provisions in the Coroners Amendment Bill 2014 (NZ). At the time of writing, the Bill was at the Select Committee stage. This article examines whether the amendments may improve the inconsistent clinical and coronial practices with respect to reportable health care-related deaths. It concludes that, while the proposed amendments are an improvement on the current legislative drafting, doubt remains about whether they will solve the challenges presented by health care-related reportable deaths. The second and third readings of the Bill should give serious consideration to the submissions received by the New Zealand Law Commission that express the view that the Queensland and Victorian legislation should be used as models.
在医疗环境中发生的死亡事件何时必须报告给验尸官？本文通过分析2006年《验尸官法案》（新西兰）以及2014年《验尸官修正案法案》（新西兰）中与医疗相关死亡条款的修正案来探讨这个问题。在撰写本文时，该法案正处于特别委员会审议阶段。本文研究了这些修正案是否可能改善在应报告的医疗相关死亡事件方面不一致的临床和验尸做法。结论是，虽然拟议的修正案在当前立法起草方面有所改进，但对于它们是否能解决医疗相关应报告死亡事件带来的挑战仍存疑问。该法案的二读和三读应认真考虑新西兰法律委员会收到的意见书，这些意见书认为应以昆士兰和维多利亚州的立法为范本。
