| (a) Catastrophe is defined in the Health and Safety
Code, §193.010.
(b) When catastrophe is deemed the cause of death,
the Local Registrar shall prepare and file the certificate of death.
(c) The Local Registrar shall only prepare and file
a certificate of death caused by catastrophe if:
(1) the body has not been found; and
(2) an affidavit has been submitted to the Local Registrar
according to the guidelines set forth in the Health and Safety Code, §193.010(b),
and the affiant has followed the specific criteria laid out in Health
and Safety Code, §193.010(b).
(d) The Vital Statistics Unit may prepare and file
a certificate of death by catastrophe for a minor or a person for
whom a guardian has been appointed who is the subject of a custody
or guardianship dispute only if all parties to the dispute submit
an affidavit under the Health and Safety Code, §193.010(b).
(e) A registrar completing a certificate of death that
is a death by catastrophe shall complete the cause of death information
as follows.
(1) Type the words, "Death by Catastrophe" in item
number 33, Part 1a.
(2) Do not complete the rest of item 33.
(3) Complete items 36 through 39 if known.
(4) Items 40a through 40f and 41 must be completed
on all certificates of death by catastrophe.
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