Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1676
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-01415-12                                           20121676__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to death certificates; amending s.
    3         382.025, F.S.; requiring that the commonly used term
    4         and the medical term for the cause of death be
    5         included on a certificate of death; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   11  382.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         382.025 Certified copies of vital records; confidentiality;
   13  research.—
   14         (2) OTHER RECORDS.—
   15         (b)1. All portions of a certificate of death shall cease to
   16  be exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) 50 years after the
   17  date of death.
   18         2. The commonly used term, if one exists, and the medical
   19  term for the cause of death must be included on a certificate of
   20  death.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.