Authorizes the commissioner of health to issue copies and transcripts of death certificates, which do not include the cause of death or medical certifications, for genealogical and research purposes.
Authorizes the commissioner of health to issue copies and transcripts of death certificates, which do not include the cause of death or medical certifications, for genealogical and research purposes.
Includes pain management medications that the decedent was prescribed, such as gabapentin, on a death certificate where a death is caused by an opioid overdose.
Includes pain management medications that the decedent was prescribed, such as gabapentin, on a death certificate where a death is caused by an opioid overdose.
Relates to authorizing local or regional accidental fatality review teams; authorizes an accidental fatality review team to be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the department of health, for the purpose of investigating the unexpected or unexplained death of any person including but not limited to deaths suspected to be caused by overdose or suicide.
Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.
Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.
Requires each certificate of death to also be filed with the board of elections for the county in which the registrar is appointed and to mail a copy of the death certificate to the department of health and the board of elections in the county in which the person resided at the time of death.
Authorizes the commissioner of health to extend the certification of any emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or certified first responder who could not become recertified due to an illness or medical condition.