Question 89 · LEK · Patient death and autopsy
In accordance with the Act on Therapeutic Activities autopsy in principle is carried out after at least:
- A. 6 hours after the declaration of death.
- B. 12 hours after the declaration of death.
- C. 24 hours after the declaration of death.
- D. 12 hours after issuing the death act.
- E. 24 hours after issuing the death certificate.
Hint
The waiting period runs from the medical confirmation of death, not from civil-status documents; recall the number of hours.
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