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Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15
15
Part 5
Subpart 85
Chapter 4
15 Miss. Code R. Part 5, Subpart 85, Chapter 4
Registration of Deaths
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
4.1.1
Mississippi statutes applicable to the determination and registration of deaths are
4.1.2
Registration of deaths
4.1.3
Removal of dead body
4.2.1
Certification of death
4.3.1
The certifier of cause of death of a female between the ages of ten (10) and sixty
4.4.1
Death in an institution
4.4.2
The institution shall obtain the certification of cause of death and forward the
4.4.3
If the death affects the public interest (See §41-61-59) the medical examiner shall
4.4.4
In those cases where no funeral director is involved, the hospital or the medical
4.4.5
Death at place other than an institution
4.4.6
Death on a moving conveyance
4.4.7
Presumptive death
4.5.1
Filing of death certificate
4.6.1
A burial-transit permit is required when a dead body is transported into or out of
4.6.2
Burial-transit permit
4.6.3
Transportation of dead bodies
4.7.1
Mississippi statutes and regulations do not require the use of vaults, caskets or
4.7.2
No person knowing or having reason to know that a death may be under the
4.8.1
A dead human body which is not claimed for burial or cremation within fortyeight hours shall become the responsibility of the Board of Supervisors of the
4.9.1
Funeral homes
4.9.2
Hospitals and nursing homes
4.9.3
Medical examiner/Investigator
4.10.1
Deaths registered after one year of the date of death shall be registered on the
4.10.2
In the absence of the attending physician or medical examiner, and the funeral
4.10.3
In cases where the death registration is not court ordered, the State Registrar may
4.10.4
Upon acceptance of the evidence offered and receipt of the service fee, the State
4.11.1
All items in the medical certification or of a medical nature may be amended only
4.11.2
Any amendment that is or may be contested by any of the principals i.e.,
4.11.3
Other items may be amended on affidavit of the informant and funeral director or
4.11.4
Any item, once amended, shall be further amended only upon receipt of an order
4.11.5
Notwithstanding any of the above, the State Registrar may in his or her discretion,