(a) Filing required.- If a fetal death occurs after a gestation period of 20 weeks or more, then within 72 hours after delivery, a certificate of fetal death shall be filed by:
(1) The mortician who first takes custody of a fetus;
(2) The person in charge of the institution or the person's designated representative when a fetus is delivered in an institution;
(3) The physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery when a fetus is delivered outside an institution; or
(4) The medical examiner when a fetal death occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery when a medical examiner's inquiry is required.
(b) Completion of certificate.- The person who files the fetal death certificate shall obtain:
(1) The personal information from the next of kin or the best qualified individual or source available; and
(2) The medical certification of cause of death:
(i) From the medical examiner, within 24 hours after the medical examiner takes charge of the fetus; or
(ii) If the medical examiner does not take charge of the fetus, from the attending physician within 24 hours after delivery.
(c) Fetal death on common carrier - Report.- When a fetal death occurs on a common carrier and the fetus is first removed from the carrier in this State or when a fetus is found in this State and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this State.
(d) Fetal death on common carrier - Place of death.- The place where the fetus was first removed from the carrier or the fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death.
(a) Filing required.- If a fetal death occurs after a gestation period of 20 weeks or more, then within 72 hours after delivery, a certificate of fetal death shall be filed by:
(1) The mortician who first takes custody of a fetus;
(2) The person in charge of the institution or the person's designated representative when a fetus is delivered in an institution;
(3) The physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery when a fetus is delivered outside an institution; or
(4) The medical examiner when a fetal death occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery when a medical examiner's inquiry is required.
(b) Completion of certificate.- The person who files the fetal death certificate shall obtain:
(1) The personal information from the next of kin or the best qualified individual or source available; and
(2) The medical certification of cause of death:
(i) From the medical examiner, within 24 hours after the medical examiner takes charge of the fetus; or
(ii) If the medical examiner does not take charge of the fetus, from the attending physician within 24 hours after delivery.
(c) Fetal death on common carrier - Report.- When a fetal death occurs on a common carrier and the fetus is first removed from the carrier in this State or when a fetus is found in this State and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this State.
(d) Fetal death on common carrier - Place of death.- The place where the fetus was first removed from the carrier or the fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death.
(a) Filing required.- If a fetal death occurs after a gestation period of 20 weeks or more, then within 72 hours after delivery, a certificate of fetal death shall be filed by:
(1) The mortician who first takes custody of a fetus;
(2) The person in charge of the institution or the person's designated representative when a fetus is delivered in an institution;
(3) The physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery when a fetus is delivered outside an institution; or
(4) The medical examiner when a fetal death occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery when a medical examiner's inquiry is required.
(b) Completion of certificate.- The person who files the fetal death certificate shall obtain:
(1) The personal information from the next of kin or the best qualified individual or source available; and
(2) The medical certification of cause of death:
(i) From the medical examiner, within 24 hours after the medical examiner takes charge of the fetus; or
(ii) If the medical examiner does not take charge of the fetus, from the attending physician within 24 hours after delivery.
(c) Fetal death on common carrier - Report.- When a fetal death occurs on a common carrier and the fetus is first removed from the carrier in this State or when a fetus is found in this State and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this State.
(d) Fetal death on common carrier - Place of death.- The place where the fetus was first removed from the carrier or the fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death.
