NAC440.160. Certification of cause of death.

     1. The person who is required to certify the cause of death shall complete the portions of the death certificate pertaining to the cause of death and the certification of death and return the certificate to the undertaker or person acting as undertaker who presented it to him or her within 48 hours after such presentation.

     2. If the death did not occur in a hospital or other institution and the death was attended by a physician who will not be available within 48 hours after the death, the certificate must be presented to an associate physician who has access to the attending physician’s medical files on the deceased. The associate physician shall complete and return the death certificate.

     3. If the death occurred in a hospital or other institution and the death was attended by a physician who will not be available within 48 hours after the death, the certificate must be presented to the chief medical officer of the institution or an associate physician who has access to the medical records of the deceased. The chief medical officer or associate physician shall complete and return the death certificate.

     [Bd. of Health, Births and Deaths Art. 7, eff. 2-24-78]