CHAPTER 7. Fetal Death Registration

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4.

§§ 102950–103040.1 · 9 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Duty of Registering Fetal Death §§ 102950–102970 · 4 sections

   • § 102950 (a) Each fetal death in which the fetus has advanced to or beyond the 20th week of uterogestation shall be registered with the local registrar of births and…
   • § 102955 A funeral director, or if there is no funeral director, the person acting in lieu thereof, shall prepare the certificate and register it with the local…
   • § 102960 A funeral director, or if there is no funeral director, the person acting in lieu thereof, shall obtain the required information other than medical and health…
   • § 102970 (a) The department shall regularly, but no less than annually, review fetal death registrations completed pursuant to this chapter to determine whether there…
2. ARTICLE 2. Responsibility of Attending Physician § 102975 · 1 section

   • § 102975 (a) The physician or nurse practitioner, if any, in attendance on the delivery of a fetus shall, within 15 hours after the delivery, state on the certificate…
3. ARTICLE 3. Responsibility of Coroner § 103005 · 1 section

   • § 103005 (a) The coroner shall, within three days after examination of the fetus, state on the certificate of fetal death the time of fetal death, the direct causes of…
4. ARTICLE 4. Content of Certificate of Fetal Death § 103025 · 1 section

   • § 103025 The certificate of fetal death shall contain items as may be designated by the State Registrar and shall be divided into two sections. The first section shall…
5. ARTICLE 4.5. Missing Angels Act §§ 103040–103040.1 · 2 sections

   • § 103040 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Missing Angels Act.
   • § 103040.1 (a) The local registrar of births and deaths of the county in which a fetal death, in which the fetus has advanced beyond the 20th week of uterogestation, is…