Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 4 - Registration of Deaths
Subchapter 4 - Place of Death
Rule 15-5-85-4.4.5 - Death at place other than an institution

1. When death occurs at a place other than an institution and the death does not affect the public interest (See § 41-61-59), the funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes custody of the body shall initiate preparation of the certificate and forward same to the medical certifier within forty-eight (48) hours of death. If the death affects the public interest the medical examiner shall initiate the death certificate and forward it to the funeral director within forty-eight (48) hours of death.

2. In those cases where no funeral director is involved, the hospital or the medical examiner shall be responsible for completion and filing of the entire death certificate within five days of death.