Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2120 - State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Chapter 2 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2120-2.031 - Death Certificate Filings

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2120-2.031

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements of Missouri licensed embalmers and funeral directors filing death certificates.

(1) Each licensed embalmer who embalms a dead human body shall state on the death certificate that he/she embalmed the dead human body described on the death certificate. Each statement shall be attested to its accuracy as determined by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to section 193.145, RSMo. If the body was not embalmed, the fact that the body was not embalmed shall be stated on the death certificate prior to the filing of the death certificate by the licensed funeral director.

(2) Each authentication of a licensed embalmer and licensed funeral director on a death certificate must correspond with the licensee's authentication as approved and licensed by the board.

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