Conducts an investigation when a death occurs suddenly or cannot be explained.
Service includes:
- limited general information about the deceased
- certifying the cause and manner of death in accordance with the Fatality Inquiries Act
- assisting and educating Albertans in times of grief
- proof of death documentation
Service may provide an investigation when a death is:
- unexplained
- unexpected, when the deceased was in apparent good health
- the result of violence, accident, or suicide
- due to pregnancy
- possibly the result of improper or negligent treatment by any person
- during an operative procedure, within 10 days after an operative procedure, or associated with anesthesia
- from poisoning, including alcohol or drugs
- of an individual not under the care of a physician
- from any disease, ill-health, injury, or any toxic substance introduced as a direct result of the deceased’s employment or occupation
- while the individual is detained in a correctional institution or in custody
- of a 'formal patient' under the Mental Health Act, in any facility
- of any child under the director’s guardianship or custody
- out of province, but a body is brought into Alberta for ultimate disposal
- known or believed to have occurred in Alberta and no body has been located
- of an unidentified person