SECTIONS 102875 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 102875

102875. The certificate of death shall be divided into two
sections.
(a) The first section shall contain those items necessary to
establish the fact of the death, including all of the following and
those other items as the State Registrar may designate:
(1) Personal data concerning decedent including full name, sex,
color or race, marital status, name of spouse, date of birth and age
at death, birthplace, usual residence, and occupation and industry or
business.
(2) Date of death, including month, day, and year.
(3) Place of death.
(4) Full name of father and birthplace of father, and full maiden
name of mother and birthplace of mother.
(5) Informant.
(6) Disposition of body information including signature and
license number of embalmer if body embalmed or name of embalmer if
affixed by attorney-in-fact; name of funeral director, or person
acting as such; and date and place of interment or removal.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an
electronic signature substitute, or some other indicator of
authenticity, approved by the State Registrar may be used in lieu of
the actual signature of the embalmer.
(7) Certification and signature of attending physician and surgeon
or certification and signature of coroner when required to act by
law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
person completing the portion of the certificate setting forth the
cause of death may attest to its accuracy by use of an electronic
signature substitute, or some other indicator of authenticity,
approved by the State Registrar in lieu of a signature.
(8) Date accepted for registration and signature of local
registrar. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, the local registrar may elect to use an electronic
signature substitute, or some other indicator of authenticity,
approved by the State Registrar in lieu of a signature.
(b) The second section shall contain those items relating to
medical and health data, including all of the following and other
items as the State Registrar may designate:
(1) Disease or conditions leading directly to death and antecedent
causes.
(2) Operations and major findings thereof.
(3) Accident and injury information.
(4) Information indicating whether the decedent was pregnant at
the time of death, or within the year prior to the death, if known,
as determined by observation, autopsy, or review of the medical
record. This paragraph shall not be interpreted to require the
performance of a pregnancy test on a decedent, or to require a review
of medical records in order to determine pregnancy.