Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 36, September 6, 2024
Section 64-7-13 - Deaths from Reportable Diseases and Conditions; Reportable Diseases and Conditions Diagnosed After Death13.1. Upon receipt of any death certificate showing a reportable disease or condition, the State registrar of vital statistics shall send a copy of the death certificate to WVEDSS. The State registrar shall report all deaths due to diseases listed in this rule to the Bureau.13.3. If a pathologist, coroner, medical examiner, physician, other health care provider, or other individual investigating the cause of death determines from the examination of a corpse or from a history of the events leading to death, that at the time of death, the decedent had a disease or condition required to be reported by this rule, he or she shall report the case promptly as required by this rule as if the diagnosis had been established prior to death.