2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 41 - VITAL STATISTICS
Title 4 - (4140 - 4148) REGISTRATION OF DEATHS: BURIAL PERMITS
4141 - Death certificate; form and content.

 
    §  4141.  Death  certificate;  form and content. 1. The certificate of
  death shall contain such information, including but not limited  to  the
  decedent's  social  security  number,  and  shall be in such form as the
  commissioner may prescribe.
    2. The personal  particulars  called  for  shall  be  furnished  by  a
  competent person acquainted with the facts.
    3.  The  statement  of  facts  relating to the disposition of the body
  shall be signed by the funeral director or undertaker in charge  of  the
  corpse.
    4. (a) The medical certificate shall be made, dated, and signed by the
  physician  or  nurse  practitioner,  if  any,  last in attendance on the
  deceased.
    (b) Indefinite terms, denoting only symptoms of disease or  conditions
  resulting from disease, shall not be held sufficient.
    (c)  Any  certificate  stating  the  cause of death in terms which the
  commissioner declares indefinite shall be  returned  to  the  physician,
  nurse  practitioner,  or  person  making  the  medical  certificate  for
  correction and more definite statement.
    (d) Where a death is caused by an opioid  overdose,  such  information
  shall   be   indicated,   including   any  related  information  as  the
  commissioner may require.