2017 Wisconsin Act 334

334,86 Section 86. 69.18 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

334,87 Section 87. 69.18 (1m) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.18 (1m) (a) 5. The dates of certification and filing of the certificate of death record.

334,88 Section 88. 69.18 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.18 (1m) (b) 2. Information on final disposition , manner, and cause of death.

334,89 Section 89. 69.18 (2) (a), (b), (d) 1. and 2., (e) and (f) 1. and 3. and (3) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:

69.18 (2) (a) On the form for For a certificate of death record, in the manner prescribed by the state registrar under sub. (1) (b), the state registrar shall provide for a medical certification to be completed under this subsection.

(b) If a person under the care of a physician dies from the illness or condition for which the care is given and a coroner or medical examiner does not certify the cause of death under par. (d) 1., the physician shall complete and sign a medical certification for the death under par. (f) and mail the medical certification within 5 days after the pronouncement of death or present the medical certification to the person responsible for filing the death certificate record under sub. (1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.

(d) 1. Except as provided under par. (e), if a death is the subject of a coroner's or medical examiner's determination under s. 979.01 or 979.03, the coroner or medical examiner or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner in the county where the event which caused the death occurred shall complete and sign the medical certification for the death and mail the death certificate record within 5 days after the pronouncement of death or present the certificate record to the person responsible for filing the death certificate record under sub. (1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.

2. Except as provided under par. (e), if the decedent was not under the care of a physician for the illness or condition from which the person died, the coroner or medical examiner, or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner, in the county of the place of death shall complete and sign the medical certification for the death and mail the death certificate record within 5 days after the pronouncement of death or present the certificate record to the person responsible for filing the death certificate record under sub. (1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.

(e) Unless the person is a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner, no person may act under par. (d) if the subject of the death certificate record was his or her patient or a patient in a hospital, or nursing home, as defined in s. 50.01 (3), in which he or she has direct care of any patient.

(f) 1. A person signing a medical certification under par. (b), (c) or (d) shall describe, in detail, on a form in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, the cause of death, show the duration of each cause, the sequence of each cause if the cause of death was multiple and, if the cause was disease, the evolution of the disease. The person shall describe a disease in medical terms and may not limit the description to symptoms or conditions resulting from disease. If the cause of a death is medically certified under par. (d), the coroner or medical examiner shall describe any violence related to the cause of death, its effect on the decedent and whether it was accidental, suicidal, homicidal or undetermined.

3. A person signing a medical certification under par. (b), (c) or (d) shall note on the certificate record if the cause of death of the subject of the certificate record is unknown, undetermined or if the determination of the cause of death is pending and shall submit to the state registrar within 30 days after the pronouncement of death an amendment to the medical certification which satisfies the requirements of subd. 1., except that such amendment may exclude information which is unavailable pending the determination of an inquest under s. 979.04.

(3) (a) Except as provided under par. (c) or (e), the person who has moved a corpse under sub. (1) (a) shall complete a report for final disposition, on a form supplied in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and, within 24 hours after being notified of the death, mail or present a copy of the report to the coroner or medical examiner in the county of the place of death and mail or present a copy to the local registrar in the registration district of the place of death. If the cause of death is subject to an investigation under s. 979.01 or 979.03, the report for final disposition shall be submitted to the coroner or medical examiner in the county in which the event which caused the death occurred.

334,90 Section 90. 69.19 of the statutes is amended to read:

69.19 Court-ordered certificates of death records. If a person has died in this state and final disposition of the person's corpse has been effected but no certificate of death record is on file one year after a death, a person with a direct and tangible interest in having a certificate of death record registered may petition the circuit court of the county in which the death is alleged to have occurred. If the court finds that the petitioner has established the facts of the death required on the certificate of death record, the clerk of the court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall register the death certificate and send a copy to the local registrar under s. 69.03 (11). The local registrar shall file the copy record.

334,91 Section 91. 69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) and 2. and (c), (3) (b) 4., (c) and (e) (intro.), 1. a. and b. and 2. and (4) of the statutes are amended to read:

69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under sub. (3), information in the part of a certificate record of birth, divorce or annulment, or termination of domestic partnership, a marriage document, or a declaration of domestic partnership that is designated on the form record as being collected for statistical or medical and statistical use only and information in the part of a death certificate record that is designated on the form record as being collected as statistical-use-only information under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) may not be disclosed to any person except the following:

2. For a certificate of death record, any of the persons specified under s. 69.18 (4) (a) 1g. to 6. or an individual who is authorized in writing by one of the persons.

(c) Except as provided under sub. (3), until 50 years after a decedent's date of death, the state registrar and a local registrar may not permit inspection of or disclose information contained in the portion under s. 69.18 (1m) (b) 2. and 3. of the certificate of death record to anyone except to a person specified under sub. (1), or to a direct descendent of the decedent.

(3) (b) 4. The information is from a birth certificate record which indicates that the registrant has a congenital disability and is submitted to the department of public instruction.

(c) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a local registrar may disclose information on a birth certificate record or issue a copy of the certificate record to a local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4), for health or demographic research or a public health program if the local health department pays the copying costs and if the birth of the registrant occurred within the boundaries of the political subdivision served by the local health department or the registrant is a resident of the political subdivision. The local health department may not disclose any information from any copy which it receives under this paragraph to any person and shall destroy the copy no later than one year after receipt.

(e) (intro.) Public use indexes of certificates of birth, death, marriage, divorce, domestic partnership and , termination of domestic partnership, or annulment, or marriage documents records that are filed in the system of vital statistics records at the state or local level are accessible only by inspection at the office of the state registrar or of a local registrar and may not be copied or reproduced except as follows:

1. a. Certificate of birth Birth record index information may be copied or reproduced for the public only after 100 years have elapsed from the year in which the birth occurred. No information in the index that has been impounded under s. 69.15 may be released.

b. Subdivision 1. a. does not apply to certificate of birth record indexes of events that occurred before October 1, 1907.

2. Indexes of record of death, marriage, divorce, domestic partnership and, termination of domestic partnership, or annulment records may be copied or reproduced for the public after 24 months have elapsed from the year in which the event occurred.

(4) Under procedures that are promulgated by rule, the state registrar and every local registrar shall protect vital records from mutilation, alteration, theft, or fraudulent use and shall protect the privacy rights of registrants and their families by strictly controlling direct access to any vital record filed or registered in paper form.

334,92 Section 92. 69.21 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (a) 1. Except as provided under subd. 2., the state registrar and any local registrar shall issue a certified copy of a vital record to any person if the person submits a request for a certified copy of a vital record of a specified registrant in writing and, if the vital record is enabled for statewide issuance in the state registrar's electronic system for of vital record issuance records, to the extent permitted under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 3., and if the request is accompanied by the fee required under s. 69.22. If a vital record is not enabled for statewide issuance in the state registrar's electronic system for of vital record issuance records, the registrar responsible for filing or registration of the vital record may issue a certified copy under this section.

334,93 Section 93. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (a) 2. (intro.) The state registrar and any local registrar may not issue any certified copy under subd. 1. of any of the following:

334,94 Section 94. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (a) 2. b. Any information of the part of a certificate of birth, death, or divorce or, annulment, or a marriage document record, the disclosure of which is limited under s. 69.20 (2) (a) and (c), unless the requester is the subject of the information or, for a decedent, unless the requester is specified in s. 69.20 (2) (a) 2.

334,95 Section 95. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (a) 2. c. The birth certificate record of a person if no surname has been entered on the birth certificate record for the person under s. 69.14 (1) (f).

334,96 Section 96. 69.21 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (b) 2. Any copy of a birth certificate record issued under par. (a) shall be in a long or short form, as specified by the person submitting the request under par. (a). The long form shall include the name, sex, date and place of birth and parent's surnames of the registrant, the file date and the file number. The short form may not include any information about the parents of the registrant. The state registrar shall issue the short form for any registrant born of unmarried parents if the registrant's certificate record was not prepared under s. 69.15 (3) (b), unless the person requesting the copy requests the long form.

334,97 Section 97. 69.21 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (b) 3. A local registrar may issue a copy of a record of birth, death, divorce, or termination of domestic partnership certificate, a , marriage document, or a declaration of domestic partnership under par. (a) through the state registrar's electronic system for of vital record issuance records if it is enabled.

334,98 Section 98. 69.21 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (b) 4. A copy of a death certificate record issued under par. (a) for a death that occurred before January 1, 2003 September 1, 2013, shall include the name, sex, date and place of death, age or birth date, cause and manner of death, and social security number, if any, of the decedent, and the file number and the file date of the certificate record, except that a requester may, upon request, obtain a copy that does not include the cause of death.

334,99 Section 99. 69.21 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (1) (b) 5. A copy of a death certificate record issued under par. (a) for a death that occurs after December 31, 2002 August 31, 2013, shall be on a form that contains only fact-of-death information specified in s. 69.18 (1m) (a), except that a requester may, upon request, obtain a form that contains extended fact-of-death information specified in s. 69.18 (1m) (b).

334,100 Section 100. 69.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (2) (a) The state registrar or local registrar shall issue an uncertified copy of the vital record of one or more registrants if the subject of the vital record is an event occurring after September 30, 1907. The requirements of ss. 69.15 (6) (b) and 69.20 (3) (b) for disclosing information under s. 69.20 (1) and (2) shall apply to issuance under this paragraph of any copy of a vital record containing such information. Any uncertified copy issued under this paragraph shall have on its face a notice that it is uncertified.

334,101 Section 101. 69.21 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (3) Amendments. Any copy of a vital record issued under this section shall show all amendments or changes made on the record since it was filed, the date and authority of the amendment or change unless a certificate record was issued for the registrant under s. 69.14 (1) (h) or 69.15 (2), (3) or (4) (b).

334,102 Section 102. 69.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.21 (4) (b) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record withheld by the state registrar under par. (a) may petition the circuit court of the county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is shown on the original record to have occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital record. In issuing the certified copy, the state registrar shall mark the copy to indicate that the copy is for use by the court in making its determination under this paragraph. If the court finds that the petitioner has proven that the information on the vital record is valid, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, who shall issue the certified copy.

334,103 Section 103. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.22 (1) (c) Twenty dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth certificate record or a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and $3 for issuing any additional certified or uncertified copy of the same birth certificate record issued at the same time.

334,104 Section 104. 69.22 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.22 (1) (cm) Ten dollars for issuing one certified copy of a certificate of birth record resulting in stillbirth and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same certificate record issued at the same time.

334,105 Section 105. 69.22 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.22 (1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth certificate record for which a fee under sub. (1) (c) is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h) $7 by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.

334,106 Section 106. 69.22 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

334,107 Section 107. 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making any change in a birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3).

334,108 Section 108. 69.22 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.22 (5) (b) 2. The filing of a birth certificate record under s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5. The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth certificate record and the first copy of the certificate except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee, $5.

334,109 Section 109. 69.23 of the statutes is repealed.

334,110 Section 110. 69.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (1) (b) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a birth or death certificate record under s. 69.09, 69.10, 69.14 or 69.18, in an application for an amendment to a birth or death certificate record under s. 69.11 or 69.12 or in a request for a certified copy of a birth certificate record under s. 69.21.

334,111 Section 111. 69.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (1) (c) Willfully and knowingly supplies any false information with the intent that the information be used in the preparation of a birth or death certificate record or the amendment of a birth or death certificate record.

334,112 Section 112. 69.24 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (1) (d) Counterfeits or, without authorization, makes, alters or amends any birth or death certificate record required by this subchapter or a certified copy of such certificate record.

334,113 Section 113. 69.24 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (1) (e) Mutilates or destroys an original birth or death certificate record filed under this subchapter.

334,114 Section 114. 69.24 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (1) (h) As a public officer or public employee, furnishes or processes a birth or death certificate record or a certified copy of a birth or death certificate record with the knowledge or intention that the certificate record or copy will be used for the purpose of deception.

334,115 Section 115. 69.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (2) (a) Willfully and knowingly commits any of the actions prohibited under sub. (1) in relation to a records of marriage document, divorce report, declaration of domestic partnership, or certificate of termination of domestic partnership.

334,116 Section 116. 69.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.24 (2) (b) Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required under this subchapter for any part of a birth certificate record which is not designated as the part for statistical or medical and statistical use or for a death certificate record.

334,117 Section 117. 100.545 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

100.545 (1) (h) 2. A certified or official copy of a birth certificate record issued by the entity authorized to issue the birth certificate record.

334,118 Section 118. 214.37 (4) (k) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

214.37 (4) (k) 2. A certified copy of the depositor's death certificate record. If the savings bank already possesses a certified copy of the depositor's death certificate record, this subdivision does not apply.

334,119 Section 119. 215.26 (8) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

215.26 (8) (e) 2. Submits a certified copy of the saver's death certificate record. If the association already possesses a certified copy of the saver's death certificate record, this subdivision does not apply.

334,120 Section 120. 343.125 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

343.125 (2) (a) 2. A birth certificate record bearing an official seal or other mark of authentication and issued by a state, county, or municipality within the United States or by a territory or possession of the United States.

334,121 Section 121. 343.14 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:

343.14 (2r) Notwithstanding sub. (2j), the department may, upon request, provide to the department of health services any applicant information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in sub. (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole purpose of verification by the department of health services of birth certificate record information.

334,122 Section 122. 343.50 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

343.50 (8) (c) 2. Notwithstanding par. (b) and s. 343.14 (2j), the department may, upon request, provide to the department of health services any applicant information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in s. 343.14 (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole purpose of verification by the department of health services of birth certificate record information.

334,123 Section 123. 445.13 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

445.13 (1m) (a) Mail or present a death certificate record within 10 days after receipt from the person responsible for completing the medical certification under s. 69.18 (2).