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TITLE 25	HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1	DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 181	VITAL STATISTICS
SUBCHAPTER B	VITAL RECORDS
RULE §181.30	Instructions and Requirements for Filing of Amendments to Medical Certification of Certificate of Death with a Local Registrar
ISSUE	02/15/2013
ACTION	Proposed

Preamble

Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)An amending certificate (medical amendment) may be filed with the appropriate Local Registrar [~~local registrar~~] or State Registrar [~~state registrar~~] electronically through a Vital Statistics Unit [~~Bureau of Vital Statistics~~] electronic death registration system to complete or correct medical certification information on a certificate of death that is incomplete or inaccurate. The medical amendment must be in a format as prescribed by the department.

(b)(No change.)

(c)The registrar shall carefully examine each medical amendment when presented for registration to determine if it is complete as required by the State Registrar's [~~state registrar's~~] instructions.

(d)(No change.)

(e)The registrar shall number the medical amendment with the same file number assigned to the original death certificate. The Local Registrar [~~local registrar~~] shall sign each medical amendment to attest to the date the amendment is filed in the Local Registrar's [~~local registrar's~~] office. The signature may be either electronic, handwritten or a facsimile stamp. The medical amendment shall be attached to and become a part of the legal record of the death if the amendment is accepted for filing.

(f) - (g)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on February 1, 2013

TRD-201300422

Lisa Hernandez

General Counsel

Department of State Health Services

Earliest possible date of adoption: March 17, 2013

For further information, please call: (512) 776-6972

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