To determine whether a death is reportable to the State Coroner, please carefully review the criteria questions below. In accordance with the Coroners Act 2003 (SA), a death should only be reported if at least one of these criteria is met question is answered with ‘Yes’. If the death you are intending to report occurred in any of the circumstances listed below this applies, please proceed by selecting the appropriate button at the bottom of this page to access the relevant Report of Death form. If none of the criteria are met, a report should not be submitted.

Did the death occur:

• by unexpected, unnatural, unusual, violent or unknown cause; or
• on an aircraft during a flight, or on a vessel during a voyage; or (c) in custody; or
• that occurs during or as a result, or within 24 hours, of—
  • the carrying out of a surgical procedure or an invasive medical or diagnostic procedure; or
  • the administration of an anaesthetic for the purposes of carrying out such a procedure, not being a procedure specified by the regulations to be a procedure to which this paragraph does not apply;
• that occurs at a place other than a hospital but within 24 hours of—
  • the person having been discharged from a hospital after being an inpatient of the hospital; or
  • the person having sought emergency treatment at a hospital; or
• where the person was, at the time of death—
  • a protected person under the Aged and Infirm Persons’ Property Act 1940 or the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993; or
  • in the custody or under the guardianship of the Minister or Chief Executive under the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017; or
• a patient in an approved treatment centre under the Mental Health Act 1993 or the Mental Health Act 2009; or
• a resident of a licensed supported residential facility under the Supported Residential Facilities Act 1992; or
• accommodated in a hospital or other treatment facility for the purposes of being treated for drug addiction; or
• that occurs in the course or as a result, or within 24 hours, of the person receiving medical treatment to which consent has been given under Part 5 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 or Part 2A of the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995; or
• where no certificate as to the cause of death has been given to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; or
• that occurs in circumstances prescribed by the regulations;

If you require clarification, please refer to the Coroners Act 2003