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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session
vital records; death certificates
Purpose
Directs the state registrar and local registrars to provide certified copies of birth and death certificates to licensed funeral home directors upon request.
Background
The Department of Health Services (DHS) Bureau of Vital Records is responsible for maintaining and issuing certified copies of vital records, including birth, death and fetal death certificates and certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth for events that occur in Arizona. The Director of DHS serves as the state registrar and custodian of vital records in Arizona and is authorized to appoint county health officers to serve as local registrars. Similarly, local registrars are authorized to designate deputy local registrars. Statute requires state and local registrars to issue certified copies of birth and death certificates upon written request from an eligible requestor (A.R.S. §§ 36-302; 36-311; and 36-312).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires local registrars, deputy local registrars and the state registrar to issue a certified copy of a registered birth or death certificate to a funeral home director, or a funeral home director's designee, on the written or in-person request of the funeral director or their designee.
2. Directs local registrars, deputy local registrars and the state registrar, upon request from a funeral director or their designee, to provide the certified copies by mail.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 4, 2019
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