Current through September 2, 2024
01.
Acceptance of Incomplete Death Certificate. If all the information necessary to complete a death certificate is not available within five (5) days after the date the death occurred, the person in charge of interment or removal of the body from the district in which the death occurred must file the certificate as prescribed by the State Registrar with all information that is available, provided that the medical certification of the cause of death has been signed by the person responsible for such certification. If the cause of death is unknown or undetermined, the cause of death must be shown as unknown or undetermined on the certificate. The person responsible for the medical certification of the cause of death must also sign the authorization for final disposition of the body. If the body is to be cremated, the coroner must also give additional authorization.
a. A supplemental report providing the cause of death and any other requested information missing from the original certificate must be filed by the person responsible for medical certification of the cause of death with the State Registrar within thirty (30) days of the State Registrar's request for supplemental information, or as otherwise authorized by the State Registrar, by means provided or approved by the State Registrar.
b. The State Registrar will make the information on the supplemental report(s) a part of the existing death certificate and will file the supplemental report(s) with the death certificate. The State Registrar will also mark the death certificate to show that supplemental information was added.
02.
Signatures Required on Death Certificates.
a. The mortician, or person acting as such, must sign the death certificate. No stamps or other types of facsimile signatures may be used.
b. The responsible person must sign the medical certification of the cause of death. Failure to do so will invalidate the record as a legal document. No stamps or other types of facsimile signatures may be used.
03.
Signatures Required on Stillbirth Certificates.
a. The mortician, or person acting as such, must sign the certificate. No stamps or other types of facsimile signatures may be used.
b. When a hospital disposes of a stillborn fetus, in accordance with Section 39-268(3), Idaho Code, the hospital authority must complete and sign the certificate as mortician.
c. The person responsible according to Section 39-260, Idaho Code, for the attendant or medical certification, must sign the certificate. No stamps or other types of facsimile signatures may be used.
Effective March 15, 2022
