National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)RegulationsRegulations regarding the rendering of Forensic Pathology Service, 2007Admission of body |
| 9. | The Service may not admit a body to a designated facility unless— |
| (a) | such body is certified dead or it is in such a state that it is accepted with certainty that the person is dead; |
| (b) | an individual case file is opened for such body and a register number assigned; and |
| (c) | such a body is provisionally identified either by name or register number contemplated in paragraph (b). |
| 10. | The person in charge of a designated facility to which a body has been admitted in accordance with regulation 9, must ensure that— |
| (a) | a photograph of the face of the deceased is taken; and |
| (b) | all fingerprints of the deceased are taken. |