Health & Saf. Code, § 102975 · Article 2. Responsibility of Attending Physician
Health & Saf. Code, § 102975
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The physician or nurse practitioner, if any, in attendance on the delivery of a fetus shall, within 15 hours after the delivery, state on the certificate of fetal death the time of fetal death or delivery, the direct causes of the fetal death, the conditions, if any, that gave rise to these causes, and other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate and shall sign the certificate in attest to these facts.
(b) The physician or nurse practitioner shall, within 15 hours after the death, deposit the certificate at the place of death, deliver it to the attending funeral director at their place of business, or deliver it to the office of the physician or nurse practitioner.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed (in Sec. 11) and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 271, Sec. 12. (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 Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.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. 12 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 271.
(a) The physician, if any, in attendance on the delivery of a fetus shall within 15 hours after the delivery state on the certificate of fetal death the time of fetal death or delivery, the direct causes of the fetal death, the conditions, if any, that gave rise to these causes, and other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate, and shall sign the certificate in attest to these facts.
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(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.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. 11. (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 Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.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. 12 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 271.
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