2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 72 - CORONERS, INQUESTS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS 72.465 Inquiry into death under natural circumstances -- Death certificate -- Change in original certificate.
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72.465
Inquiry into death under natural circumstances -- Death certificate -Change in original certificate.
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The coroner shall in his sound discretion determine the extent of inquiry to be made
into any death occurring under natural circumstances and falling within the
provisions of KRS 72.410 to 72.470, and if inquiry reveals that the physician of
record has sufficient knowledge to reasonably state the cause of a death occurring
under natural circumstances, the coroner may authorize that physician to sign the
certificate of death. In all other instances, the coroner shall sign the death certificate
in coroner's cases.
In the event an autopsy is performed under the provisions of KRS 72.410 to 72.470
subsequent to the time that a death certificate has been filed with the Cabinet for
Health and Family Services, Vital Statistics Branch, the coroner shall notify the
Vital Statistics Branch of any change that may be necessary in the original
certificate.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 113, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 96, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 88, secs. 88 and 93, effective July 1, 1992. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec.
17, effective June 17, 1978.
Note: Amendment of this section by 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, secs. 88 and 93 became
effective July 1, 1992, in compliance with 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 30.
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