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90_HB1527
410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18
Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires death
certificates to be filed with the Social Security
Administration within 7 days after the death and before
cremation or removal of the body from the State, except when
the death is subject to investigation by the coroner or
medical examiner.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Vital Records Act by changing Section
2 18.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
6 Section 18 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18)
8 Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall
9 be registered by filing a death certificate with the local
10 registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the
11 body was found and with the Social Security Administration,
12 within 7 days after such death (within 5 days if the death
13 occurs prior to January 1, 1989) and prior to cremation or
14 removal of the body from the State, except when death is
15 subject to investigation by the coroner or medical examiner.
16 (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of
17 death is unknown, a death certificate shall be filed in the
18 registration district in which a dead body is found, which
19 shall be considered the place of death.
20 (b) When a death occurs on a moving conveyance, the
21 place where the body is first removed from the conveyance
22 shall be considered the place of death and a death
23 certificate shall be filed in the registration district in
24 which such place is located.
25 (c) The funeral director who first assumes custody of a
26 dead body shall be responsible for filing a completed death
27 certificate. He shall obtain the personal data from the next
28 of kin or the best qualified person or source available; he
29 shall enter on the certificate the name, relationship, and
30 address of his informant; he shall enter the date, place, and
31 method of final disposition; he shall affix his own signature
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1 and enter his address; and shall present the certificate to
2 the person responsible for completing the medical
3 certification of cause of death.
4 (2) The medical certification shall be completed and
5 signed within 48 hours after death by the physician in charge
6 of the patient's care for the illness or condition which
7 resulted in death, except when death is subject to the
8 coroner's or medical examiner's investigation. In the
9 absence of the physician or with his approval, the medical
10 certificate may be completed and signed by his associate
11 physician, the chief medical officer of the institution in
12 which death occurred or by the physician who performed an
13 autopsy upon the decedent.
14 (3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or
15 when it is otherwise subject to the coroner's or medical
16 examiner's investigation, the coroner or medical examiner
17 shall be responsible for the completion of a coroner's or
18 medical examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the
19 medical certification within 48 hours after death, except as
20 provided by regulation in special problem cases.
21 (4) When the deceased was a veteran of any war of the
22 United States, the funeral director shall prepare a
23 "Certificate of Burial of U. S. War Veteran", as prescribed
24 and furnished by the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs,
25 and submit such certificate to the Illinois Department of
26 Veterans Affairs monthly.
27 (5) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this
28 State but the body cannot be located, a death certificate may
29 be prepared by the State Registrar upon receipt of an order
30 of a court of competent jurisdiction which includes the
31 finding of facts required to complete the death certificate.
32 Such death certificate shall be marked "Presumptive" and
33 shall show on its face the date of the registration and shall
34 identify the court and the date of the judgment.
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1 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)