Text of Statute
Each death or fetal death that occurs in this state shall be registered with the local registrar of vital statistics of the district in which the death or fetal death occurred by the funeral director or other person in charge of the final disposition of the remains. The personal and statistical information in the death or fetal death certificate shall be obtained from the best qualified persons or sources available by the funeral director or other person in charge of the final disposition of the remains. The statement of facts relating to the disposition of the body and information relative to the armed services referred to in section 3705.19 of the Revised Code shall be signed by the funeral director or other person in charge of the final disposition of the remains. The funeral director or other person in charge of the final disposition of the remains shall then present the death certificate to the physician or coroner for certification of the cause of death. The medical certificate of death shall be completed and signed by the physician who attended the deceased or by the coroner within forty-eight hours after death. The coroner may satisfy the requirement of signing a death certificate showing the cause of death as pending either by stamping it with a stamp of the coroner's signature or by signing it in the coroner's own hand, but the coroner shall sign a death certificate or supplementary medical certification in the coroner's own hand. Any death certificate registered pursuant to this section shall contain the social security number of the decedent, if available. A social security number obtained under this section is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: GC § 1261-62; 119 v 116, § 19; Bureau of Code Revision, RC § 3705.27, 10-1-53; 128 v 314 (Eff 9-28-59); 131 v 880 (Eff 11-4-65); 139 v H 56 (Eff 8-19-82); RC § 3705.16, 142 v H 790 (Eff 3-16-89); 147 v H 352. Eff 1-1-98.
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Containing legislation passed and filed through August 1, 2000.