- (a) The department shall prescribe the form and contents of death certificates and fetal death certificates.
- (b) The social security number shall be recorded on the death certificate and on any other records related to the death.
- (c) The department shall require death certificates and fetal death certificates to include the name of the place and the specific number of the plot, crypt, lawn crypt, or niche in which a decedent's remains will be interred or, if the remains will not be interred, the place and manner of other disposition.
- (d) The bureau of vital statistics and each local registrar shall make the information provided under Subsection (c) available to the public and may charge a fee in an amount prescribed under Section 191.0045 for providing that service.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 502, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.