National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)RegulationsRegulations regarding the rendering of Forensic Pathology Service, 2007Storage of body |
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| (a) | The person in charge of a designated facility must ensure that a refrigerated facility, maintained at a set temperature, is used to store all bodies. |
| (b) | All bodies must be labelled with a registration number and each body must be enclosed in a bag made for that purpose. |
| 12. | The person in charge of a designated facility must ensure that the temperature of each fridge that contains a body is recorded on a graph at least twice per day. |
| 13. | The person in charge of a designated facility must set up control measures to ensure that only authorised persons have access to bodies, areas related to post mortem examinations and to the storage facility in which bodies are kept. |
| 14. | The official authorised to admit or remove a body must record any removal of a body in an incident log, including its identity, where available, date, time and purpose of such removal. |