2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 37. VITAL STATISTICS
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
16-37-1-3.1. Establishes Indiana birth registration and Indiana death registration systems
Sec. 3.1. (a) Beginning January 1, 2011, the state department shall establish the Indiana birth registration system (IBRS) for recording in an electronic format live births in Indiana.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2011, the state department shall establish the Indiana death registration system (IDRS) for recording in an electronic format deaths in Indiana.
(c) Submission of records on births and deaths shall be entered by:
(1) funeral directors;
(2) physicians;
(3) coroners;
(4) medical examiners;
(5) persons in attendance at birth; and
(6) local health departments;
using the electronic system created by the state department under this section.
(d) A person in attendance at a live birth shall report a birth to the local health officer in accordance with IC 16-37-2-2.
(e) Death records shall be submitted as follows, using the Indiana death registration system:
(1) The:
(A) physician last in attendance upon the deceased; or
(B) person in charge of interment;
shall initiate the document process. If the person in charge of interment initiates the process, the person in charge of interment shall electronically submit the certificate required under IC 16-37-3-5 to the physician last in attendance upon the deceased not later than five (5) days after the death.
(2) The physician last in attendance upon the deceased shall electronically certify to the local health department the cause of death on the certificate of death not later than five (5) days after:
(A) initiating the document process; or
(B) receiving under IC 16-37-3-5 the electronic notification from the person in charge of interment.
(3) The local health officer shall submit the reports required under IC 16-37-1-5 to the state department not later than five (5) days after electronically receiving under IC 16-37-3-5 the completed certificate of death from the physician last in attendance.
As added by P.L.61-2009, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.156-2011, SEC.33.
