§ 450.501. Death and fetal death registration: Certificates to be filed
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: July 5, 2012
Effective: July 5, 2012
35 P.S. § 450.501
§ 450.501. Death and fetal death registration: Certificates to be filed
A certificate of each death or fetal death which occurs in this Commonwealth shall be filed within four (4) business days after the death or fetal death or within four (4) business days after the finding of a dead body or fetal remains. In every instance, the certificate shall be filed prior to the issuance of a permit for interment or other disposition of the dead body or fetal remains. The person in charge of interment or of removal of the dead body or fetal remains from the registration district shall file the certificate with any local registrar or the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, who shall be authorized to issue certified copies of such death.
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1953, June 29, P.L. 304, art. V, § 501. Amended 1971, July 9, P.L. 213, No. 38, § 1; 2009, July 2, P.L. 52, No. 11, § 2, effective in 60 days [Aug. 31, 2009]; 2012, July 5, P.L. 942, No. 101, § 3, imd. effective.
35 P.S. § 450.501, PA ST 35 P.S. § 450.501
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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