Section 102875.

The certificate of death shall be divided into two sections.

(a)  The first section shall contain those items necessary to establish the fact of the death, including all of the following and those other items as the State Registrar may designate:

(1)  Personal data concerning decedent including full name, sex, color or race, marital status, name of spouse, date of birth and age at death, birthplace, usual residence, and occupation and industry or business.

(2)  Date of death, including month, day, and year.

(3)  Place of death.

(4)  Full name of father and birthplace of father, and full maiden name of mother and birthplace of mother.

(5)  Informant.

(6)  Disposition of body information including signature and license number of embalmer if body embalmed or name of embalmer if affixed by attorney-in-fact; name of funeral director, or person acting as such; and date and place of interment or removal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an electronic signature substitute, or some other indicator of authenticity, approved by the State Registrar may be used in lieu of the actual signature of the embalmer.

(7)  Certification and signature of attending physician and surgeon or certification and signature of coroner when required to act by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the person completing the portion of the certificate setting forth the cause of death may attest to its accuracy by use of an electronic signature substitute, or some other indicator of authenticity, approved by the State Registrar in lieu of a signature.

(8)  Date accepted for registration and signature of local registrar. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the local registrar may elect to use an electronic signature substitute, or some other indicator of authenticity, approved by the State Registrar in lieu of a signature.

(b)  The second section shall contain those items relating to medical and health data, including all of the following and other items as the State Registrar may designate:

(1)  Disease or conditions leading directly to death and antecedent causes.

(2)  Operations and major findings thereof.

(3)  Accident and injury information.

(4)  Information indicating whether the decedent was pregnant at the time of death, or within the year prior to the death, if known, as determined by observation, autopsy, or review of the medical record. This paragraph shall not be interpreted to require the performance of a pregnancy test on a decedent, or to require a review of medical records in order to determine pregnancy.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 827, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)