HB0214 Summary

• Expands who can certify deaths by allowing advanced practice registered nurses (with full practice authority or collaborative physician agreements) to complete death certificates, not just physicians.

• Redefines "certifying health care professional" to include both physicians and advanced practice registered nurses for purposes of death and fetal death certification.

• Updates gender-neutral language throughout the Vital Records Act, replacing "his" with "his or her" and "he" with "he or she" in provisions regarding funeral directors and medical professionals.

• Adds definitions for "intersex condition" (reproductive or sexual anatomy or chromosome pattern not fitting typical male/female definitions) and "homeless person" (referencing federal McKinney-Vento standards).

• Takes effect January 1, 2022.