5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1006-1-6
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 5 CCR 1006-1-6 - DEATH REGISTRATION AND RECORDSSECTION 6.1Acceptance of Incomplete RecordA. Pursuant to Section 25-2-110, C.R.S., a certificate of death for each death, including a stillborn death, that occurs in Colorado, must be filed with the State Registrar, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within seventy-two hours of assuming custody of a dead body, stillborn fetus, or dead fetus, and prior to final disposition, except when inquiry is required by subsection (5.5) of this section or any provision of section 30-10-606, C.R.S. other than section 30-10-606 (1)(b), C.R.S. or when a coroner, a medical examiner, a forensic pathologist, or other qualified individual determines that additional time is necessary to make a proper inquiry to determine the cause and manner of death. In such a situation, the coroner, medical examiner, forensic pathologist, or other qualified individual shall complete and sign the certificate of death as soon as practicable. Pursuant to Section 25-48-109(2), C.R.S., when a death has occurred pursuant to the End of Life Options Act, the cause of death shall be listed as the underlying terminal illness and the death does not constitute grounds for post-mortem inquiry under Section 30-10-606 (1), C.R.S. Except as provided in section 25-2-110, C.R.S., deaths shall be reported using the electronic death registration system used by the state registrar.
B. If all the information necessary to complete a report of death is not available within the time prescribed for filing the report, the funeral director, or person acting as such, shall register the report with all information that is available. In all cases, the medical certification must be signed by the person responsible for such certification. If the cause of death is unknown, undetermined, or under investigation, this information will be recorded under cause of death in the report.C. An amended report of death that provides the information missing from the original certificate, shall be signed and registered directed by the State Registrar within 90 days of the date the death occurred, unless otherwise authorized by the State Registrar. The death certificate shall be marked "Amended."SECTION 6.2Hospital or Institution May Assist in Preparation of CertificateWhen a death occurs in a hospital or other institution and the death is not under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the person in charge of such institution, or their designated representative, may initiate the report of death as follows:
A. By placing the full name of the decedent and the date, time and place of death on the death certificate and obtaining from the attending physician the medical certification of cause of death and the physician's signature; and,B. By presenting the partially completed death certificate to the funeral director or person acting as such.SECTION 6.3Persons Required to Keep Death RecordsEach funeral director shall keep a record containing, at a minimum, the following information about each dead body or fetus the funeral director handles:
A. The date, place, and time of receipt;B. The date, place, and manner of disposition;C. If the dead body or fetus is delivered to another funeral director, the date of such delivery and the name and address of the funeral director to whom delivered; andD. The items required by the certificate of death for those deaths for which the funeral director was required to file the certificate.38 CR 15, August 10, 2015, effective 9/14/201542 CR 02, January 25, 2019, effective 2/14/201942 CR 20, October 25, 2019, effective 1/1/202044 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 1/14/202247 CR 06, March 25, 2024, effective 4/14/2024