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Anatomy Regulation 1962

Anatomy Act 1961
This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at 1 July 2001.

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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 227.

Anatomy Regulation 1962

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Anatomy Regulation 1962

MADE under the Anatomy Act 1961.

Dated 200 .

INTERPRETATION.

In this Regulation, unless the contrary intention appears–

“examination” means an examination referred to in Section 7;

“lecturer” means a person appointed to be a lecturer under Section 4.

APPLICATION BY INTENDING STUDENTS.

(1) A person may apply to the Principal of a school of anatomy for admission to the school as a student.

(2) An application under Subsection (1) shall be in Form 1.

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS.

The Principal of a school of anatomy may admit to the school as a student a person who has satisfied the Principal that–

(a) he is a fit and proper person to be admitted; and

(b) he is a medical student or has had sufficient medical training to enable him to undertake the study of anatomy at the school.

LECTURERS.

(1) The Principal of a school of anatomy, with the consent of the Departmental Head, may appoint a person to be a lecturer at the school.

(2) A person shall not be appointed to be a lecturer at a school of anatomy unless he is the holder of a licence.

APPLICATION FOR LICENCE.

An application for a licence shall–

(a) be in Form 2; and

(b) be sent to the Departmental Head for transmission to the Medical Board with his recommendation.

FORM OF LICENCE.

A licence shall be in Form 3.

EXAMINATIONS.

On completion of a course of study in anatomy, a medical student is subject to such examinations as are required by the Principal or the Board of the Medical School, and those examinations shall include any requirements of the Medical Board as to content and standards.

CONDUCT OF ANATOMICAL EXAMINATIONS.

The Principal of a school of anatomy shall ensure that anatomical examinations carried out at the school are conducted in an orderly and decent manner.

RECEPTION REGISTER.

The Principal of a school of anatomy shall keep or cause to be kept at the school a book, to be known as the Reception Register, in which shall be entered, as soon as practicable after receipt of a body in the school, the following particulars relating to the body:–

(a) name; and

(b) sex; and

(d) last known place of abode; and

(e) date and place of death; and

(f) cause of death; and

(g) date and time of receipt; and

(h) documents accompanying the body; and

(i) place of ultimate burial or cremation; and

(j) date of disposal of remains.

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BODY TO INSPECTOR.

On the receipt of a body into a school of anatomy, the Principal shall send, or cause to be sent, to the inspector of the school a notice in Form 4.

SAFE CUSTODY OF DOCUMENTS.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), such of the documents specified in Section 11 of the Act as accompany a body received into a school of anatomy shall be retained in safe custody at the school and not destroyed.

(2) Where a document referred to in Subsection (1) is a Coroner’s order for burial, that order must be delivered to the person who performs the burial or cremation of the body to which the order refers.

QUARTERLY RETURN.

The Principal of a school of anatomy shall, not later than 14 days after the last day of the months of March, June, September and December, send or cause to be sent to the inspector of the school a return of the number of bodies received into the school during the period of three months immediately preceding that day, containing, in relation to each body, the particulars specified in Section 9.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF BODY.

(1) Where a body held in a school of anatomy under the Act is no longer required for anatomical examination and no directions as to its burial or cremation have been given by the spouse or, if there is no spouse, the next of kin (if any) of the deceased, the Principal of the school shall notify or cause to be notified the spouse or next of kin, as the case may be, of the place where and the time when it is proposed that the body is to be buried or cremated.

(2) The Principal shall comply with any reasonable instruction as to the disposal of a body received from the spouse or next of kin, as the case may be, within 14 days after the giving of notification under Subsection (1).

(3) Where, within 14 days after the giving of notification under Subsection (1), no instructions are received from the spouse or next of kin of the deceased as to the disposal of the body, the Principal may proceed to effect the burial or cremation of the body in accordance with the notification.

NOTICE OF BURIAL OR CREMATION.

A notice under Section 12 of the Act shall be in Form 5.

POWERS OF INSPECTORS.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), an inspector, at any time, may–

(a) visit and inspect a school of anatomy of which he is inspector; and

(b) question any person who he has reason to believe can give any information relating to the management or conduct of the school or to an anatomical examination carried out at the school; and

(c) require the production of any document or paper relating to the management or conduct of the school or to an anatomical examination carried out at the school.

(2) An inspection under Subsection (1) shall be made at least once in each period of three months.

OBSTRUCTION, ETC., OF INSPECTORS.

A person who–

(a) hinders or obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers or the performance of his duties under this Regulation; or

(b) refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse (proof of which is on him), to comply with a requirement made under Section 15; or

is guilty of an offence.

REPORTS BY INSPECTORS.

(1) An inspector, after making an inspection under Section 15 of a school of anatomy, shall report in writing to the Minister on–

(a) the conditions at the school; and

(b) the standard of instruction and the conduct of teachers and students at the school; and

(2) An inspector shall report promptly to the Minister any breach of the provisions of the Act or this Regulation that he believes to have been committed at a school of which he is the inspector.

SCHEDULE 1

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Anatomy Act 1961.

Form 1 – Application for Admission as a Student to a School of Anatomy.

Reg., Sec. 2(2). Form 1.