Health & Saf. Code, § 102800 · Article 1. Duty of Registering Death
Health & Saf. Code, § 102800
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The medical and health section data and the physician’s, nurse practitioner’s, or coroner’s certification shall be completed by the attending physician or nurse practitioner within 15 hours after the death or by the coroner within three days after examination of the body.
(b) The physician or nurse practitioner shall, within 15 hours after the death, deposit the certificate at the place of death or deliver it to the attending funeral director at their place of business or at the office of the physician or nurse practitioner.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
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History
Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 271, Sec. 4. (AB 583) Effective January 1, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 271.
(a) The medical and health section data and the physician’s or coroner’s certification shall be completed by the attending physician within 15 hours after the death, or by the coroner within three days after examination of the body.
The physician shall within 15 hours after the death deposit the certificate at the place of death, or deliver it to the attending funeral director at their place of business or at the office of the physician.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 271, Sec. 3. (AB 583) Effective January 1, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 271.
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