2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-606 — Child born dead; death certificate; how registered; duties.

Section 71-606
Child born dead; death certificate; how registered; duties.

A child born dead shall be registered as a fetal death on a certificate form furnished by the Department of Health and Human Services Finance and Support. Such certificate shall not be required for a child which has not advanced to the twentieth week of gestation. The certificate shall be filed with the department by the funeral director and embalmer in charge of the funeral and shall include a statement of the cause of death made by a person holding a valid license as a physician who was in attendance. In the event of hospital disposition, as provided in section 71-20,121, the entire certificate shall be completed by the attending physician and subscribed to also by the hospital administrator or his or her designated representative. If the attendant is not a physician, the death shall be referred to the county attorney for certification. The same time limit for completion shall apply as for a regular death certificate.

Source:

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VI, art. II, div. IX, § 7, p. 782

C.S.1922, § 8237

C.S.1929, § 71-2409

R.S.1943, § 71-606

Laws 1965, c. 418, § 4, p. 1337

Laws 1985, LB 42, § 4

Laws 1989, LB 344, § 11

Laws 1993, LB 187, § 9

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 520

Laws 1997, LB 307, § 138

Laws 2003, LB 95, § 34

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska