Cal. Health & Safety Code § 102800
Duty of Registering Death
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
The medical and health section data and the physician’s or coroner’s certification shall be completed by the attending physician within 15 hours after the death, or by the coroner within three days after examination of the body.
(a) The medical and health section data and the physician’s or coroner’s certification shall be completed by the attending physician within 15 hours after the death, or by the coroner within three days after examination of the body.
The physician shall within 15 hours after the death deposit the certificate at the place of death, or deliver it to the attending funeral director at his or her place of business or at the office of the physician.
The physician shall within 15 hours after the death deposit the certificate at the place of death, or deliver it to the attending funeral director at their place of business or at the office of the physician.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
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