Mr. President:
The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on
S.B. 175, DEATH CERTIFICATE PROCEDURE AMENDMENTS, by Senator J. Greiner, with
the following amendments:
Respectfully,
D. Chris Buttars
Voting: 4-0-1
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26-2-13, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 32
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(ii) identify the court and date of the order.
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Certificate of death -- Duties of a custodial funeral service director or
agent -- Medical certification -- Records of funeral service director -- Information
filed with local registrar -- Unlawful signing of certificate of death.
(1) The custodial funeral service director shall sign the certificate of death prior to
any disposition of a dead body or dead fetus.
(2) The custodial funeral service director or an agent of the custodial funeral service
director shall:
(a) obtain personal and statistical information regarding the decedent from the
available persons best qualified to provide the information;
(b) present the certificate of death to the attending physician, if any, or to the medical examiner who
shall certify the cause of death and other information required on the certificate of death;
(c) provide the address of the custodial funeral service director;
(d) certify the date and place of burial
; and
(e) file the certificate of death with the state or local registrar
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(3) A funeral service director, embalmer, or other person who removes from the place of death or
transports or is in charge of final disposal of a dead body or dead fetus, shall keep a record identifying
the dead body or dead fetus, and containing information pertaining to receipt, removal, and delivery of
the dead body or dead fetus as prescribed by department rule.
(4) (a) Not later than the tenth day of each month, every licensed funeral service establishment shall
send to the local registrar and the department a list of the information required in Subsection (3) for each
casket furnished and for funerals performed when no casket was furnished, during the preceding month.
(b) The list described in Subsection (4)(a) shall be in the form prescribed by the state registrar.
(5) Any person who intentionally signs the portion of a certificate of death that is required to be
signed by a funeral service director under Subsection (1) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, unless the
person:
(a) is a funeral service director; and
(b) is employed by a licensed funeral establishment.
Renumber remaining sections accordingly.
Committee Chair
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