Bill Text: NC S190 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Allow Electronic Signatures on Death Certs
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Ref To Com On Judiciary I [S190 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S190-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
S 1
SENATE BILL 190
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Short Title: Allow Electronic Signatures on Death Certs. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Mansfield. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary I. |
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March 3, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize electronic or facsimile signatures on death certificates without specific approval by the state registrar.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 130A‑115(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) The medical certification shall be completed
and signed by the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness or
condition which resulted in death, except when the death falls within the
circumstances described in G.S. 130A‑383. In the absence of the physician
or with the physician's approval, the certificate may be completed and signed
by an associate physician, the chief medical officer of the hospital or
facility in which the death occurred or a physician who performed an autopsy
upon the decedent under the following circumstances: the individual has access
to the medical history of the deceased; the individual has viewed the deceased
at or after death; and the death is due to natural causes. When specifically
approved by the State Registrar, an An electronic signature or
facsimile signature of the physician shall be acceptable. As used in this
section, the term electronic signature has the same meaning as applies in G.S. 66‑58.2.
The physician shall state the cause of death on the certificate in definite and
precise terms. A certificate containing any indefinite terms or denoting only
symptoms of disease or conditions resulting from disease as defined by the
State Registrar, shall be returned to the person making the medical
certification for correction and more definite statement."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
