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(a)An amending certificate (medical amendment) may be filed with the appropriate local registrar to complete or correct medical certification information on a certificate of death that is incomplete or inaccurate. The medical amendment must be on Form VS-174 as prescribed by the department. (b)A certificate described in subsection (a) of this section shall only be filed upon completion by the individual responsible for the certification of the original death certificate. If the original was signed by a physician, and a justice of the peace (JP) or medical examiner's office (ME) has subsequently conducted an inquest as authorized by the Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 49, the medical amendment may be filed by the JP or ME that conducted the inquest. (c)The local registrar shall carefully examine each medical amendment when presented for registration to determine if it is complete as required by the state registrar's instructions. (d)If the medical amendment is incomplete or unsatisfactory, the local registrar shall call attention to the error and/or omission in the return. (e)The local registrar shall number the medical amendment with the same file number assigned to the original death certificate. The local registrar shall sign each medical amendment to attest to the date the amendment is filed in the local registrar's office. The signature may be either handwritten or a facsimile stamp, and must be written or stamped with permanent black or blue ink. 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)The local registrar shall make a photographic duplication of the medical amendment as authorized by the Local Government Code, Chapters 201 or 204. The copy shall be permanently preserved in the local registrar's office as the local record, in the manner directed by the state registrar. (g)The local registrar shall forward the original, properly filed medical amendment to the state registrar within 10 days of filing.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has
been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 13, 2003
TRD-200303601 Susan K. Steeg
General Counsel
Texas Department of Health
Effective date: July 3, 2003
Proposal publication date: January 31, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236
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