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 5 - Who Shall File a Death Certificate
Rule 15-5-85-4.5.1 - Filing of death certificate
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 15-5-85-4.5.1
Current through September 24, 2024
1. Unless the only services being rendered are transport services, the funeral director, or person acting as such, who first assumes custody of a dead body, shall review and correct any items, other than information in the PRONOUNCEMENT and CAUSE OF DEATH sections, completed by an institution or the medical examiner, complete the death certificate, and file it with the Office of Vital Records of the Department of Health within five days of the date of death.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7
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