Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 746
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11 The Committee on Judiciary (Baker) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 382.008, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 382.008 Death and fetal death registration.--
21 (2)(a) The funeral director who first assumes custody
22 of a dead body or fetus shall file the certificate of death or
23 fetal death. In the absence of the funeral director, the
24 physician or other person in attendance at or after the death
25 shall file the certificate of death or fetal death. The
26 person who files the certificate shall obtain personal data
27 from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source
28 available. The medical certification of cause of death shall
29 be furnished to the funeral director, either in person or via
30 certified mail, by the physician or medical examiner
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 746
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1 the physician, midwife, or hospital administrator shall
2 provide any medical or health information to the funeral
3 director within 72 hours after expulsion or extraction.
4 (b) The local registrar may receive electronically a
5 certificate of death or fetal death which is required to be
6 filed with the registrar under this chapter through facsimile
7 or other electronic transfer for the purpose of filing the
8 certificate. The receipt of a certificate of death or fetal
9 death by electronic transfer constitutes delivery to the local
10 registrar as required by law.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
17 On page 1, lines 2-4, delete those lines
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20 An act relating to certificates of birth and
21 death; amending s. 382.002, F.S.; providing
22 definitions; amending s. 382.008, F.S.;
23 authorizing the local registrar of the Office
24 of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health
25 to receive electronically the certificate of
26 death or fetal death which is required to be
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