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MI SB0230

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2013

Primary Sponsor

Rick Jones

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Origin

Senate

97th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Michigan Public Health Code section 2843 to allow death records to be certified by funeral directors holding a limited license under MCL 339.1806a, in addition to fully licensed funeral directors under MCL 339.1801 to 339.1812.

  • Expands the definition of "dead body" to include infants who survived an attempted abortion and later died, requiring funeral directors to report such deaths.

  • Requires physicians to provide medical certification of death within 48 hours, with funeral directors filing death records with local registrars within 72 hours of death.

  • Requires deaths of infants born alive after attempted abortion and surrendered under the Safe Delivery of Newborns Law to be reported as "Baby Doe" with parental and informant identities redacted.

  • Enactment is contingent on Senate Bill No. 231 being enacted into law.

Legislative Description

Occupations; mortuary science; authorization of death record by limited license funeral director; allow. Amends sec. 2843 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2843). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0231'13

Health, death

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform

2/27/2013

Committee Referrals

Regulatory Reform2/27/2013

Full Bill Text

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