Bill Text: IA HF2369 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to vital statistics, including the issuance of a burial transit permit and the transmission and recording of certain death certificates, and including effective date provisions. Effective 7-1-12, with exception of section 1 effective 4-5-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-05 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 764. [HF2369 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2369-Enrolled.html
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File
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
VITAL
STATISTICS,
INCLUDING
THE
ISSUANCE
OF
A
BURIAL
TRANSIT
PERMIT
AND
THE
TRANSMISSION
AND
RECORDING
OF
CERTAIN
DEATH
CERTIFICATES,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
144.26,
subsection
3,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
a.
The
county
in
which
a
dead
body
is
found
is
the
county
of
death.
If
death
occurs
in
a
moving
conveyance,
the
county
in
which
the
dead
body
is
first
removed
from
the
conveyance
is
the
county
of
death.
b.
If
a
decedent
died
outside
of
the
county
of
the
decedent’s
residence,
the
state
registrar
shall
send
a
copy
of
the
decedent’s
death
certificate
and
any
amendments
to
the
county
registrar
of
the
county
of
the
decedent’s
residence.
The
county
registrar
shall
record
a
death
certificate
received
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
in
the
same
records
in
which
the
death
certificate
of
a
decedent
who
died
within
the
county
is
recorded.
The
state
registrar
may
provide
the
county
registrars
with
electronic
access
to
vital
records
in
lieu
of
the
requirements
of
this
paragraph.
Sec.
2.
Section
144.32,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
If
a
person
other
than
a
funeral
director,
medical
examiner,
or
emergency
medical
service
assumes
custody
of
a
dead
body
or
fetus,
the
person
shall
secure
a
burial
transit
permit.
To
be
valid,
the
burial
transit
permit
must
be
issued
by
the
county
medical
examiner,
a
funeral
director,
or
the
county
state
registrar
of
the
county
where
the
certificate
of
death
or
fetal
House
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2369,
p.
2
death
was
filed
.
The
permit
shall
be
obtained
prior
to
the
removal
of
the
body
or
fetus
from
the
place
of
death
and
the
permit
shall
accompany
the
body
or
fetus
to
the
place
of
final
disposition.
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
144.26,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2369,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
