from the Fatalities Investigations Act: http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/f06-1.htm#5_

 

5. A person having knowledge of or reason to believe that a person has died under one of the following circumstances shall immediately notify a medical examiner or an investigator:
             (a)  as a result of violence, accident or suicide;
             (b)  unexpectedly when the person was in good health;
             (c)  where the person was not under the care of a physician;
             (d)  where the cause of death is undetermined; or
             (e)  as the result of improper or suspected negligent treatment by a person.

 

See also:

Guidance for doctors completing Medical Certificates of Cause of Death in England and Wales

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