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in subsection 1 in typewritten or handwritten block style and |
| signed in a timely fashion by a physician authorized to practice |
| in the State who has knowledge of the patient's recent medical |
| condition, in accordance with department regulations and other |
| laws detailing who can certify and in what time frame, except |
| when the death falls under the jurisdiction of the medical |
| examiner as provided in section 3025. If the patient was a |
| resident of a nursing home licensed under section 1817 at the |
| time of death and if the physician in charge of the patient's |
| care or another physician designated by the physician in charge |
| had not examined the patient within 48 hours prior to death, or |
| within 2 weeks prior to death in the case of a terminally ill |
| patient, the physician in charge or another physician designated |
| by the physician in charge shall examine the body prior to |
| completing the certification of death process. Any physician |
who fails to complete |
| the cause of death is completed properly and fully, in |
| typewritten or handwritten block style and in a timely manner, |
| or who fails to examine the body of a nursing home resident |
| prior to certifying cause of death as required by this section |
| must be reported to the Board of Licensure in Medicine or the |
| Board of Osteopathic Licensure, whichever is appropriate, by the |
| State Registrar of Vital Statistics of the Department of Human |
| Services. |
