4141 - Death Certificate; Form and Content.

NY Pub Health L § 4141 (2019) (N/A)
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(b) Indefinite terms, denoting only symptoms of disease or conditions resulting from disease, shall not be held sufficient.

(c) Any certificate stating the cause of death in terms which the commissioner declares indefinite shall be returned to the physician, nurse practitioner, or person making the medical certificate for correction and more definite statement.

(d) Where a death is caused by an opioid overdose, such information shall be indicated on the certificate, including, if known to the person completing the death certificate, the specific opioid that caused the death of the decedent, along with any other related information as the commissioner may require.