69.18(1)(bm)2.
2. The registration district where the corpse was found or removed if the place of death is not in this state or is unknown, is removed in this state from a conveyance which was moving at the time of death or is found in interstate waters and removed in this state.
69.18(1)(c)
(c) A hospital, a nursing home, as defined in s.
50.01 (3), or a hospice that is the place of death of a person may prepare a death record for the person and give the record to the person who moves the corpse under par.
(a).
69.18(1)(cm)1.1. For purposes of preparation of the death record and in accordance with accepted medical standards, a hospice nurse in a hospice that is directly involved with the care of a hospice patient who dies may pronounce the date, time, and place of the patient's death if all of the following apply:
69.18(1)(cm)1.a.
a. The patient was generally under the care of a physician at the time of death.
69.18(1)(cm)2.
2. Subd.
1. may not be construed to authorize a hospice nurse to certify under sub.
(2) (b) the cause of the patient's death.
69.18(1)(d)
(d) A hospital, nursing home, or hospice may not release a corpse to any person under par.
(a) unless the person presents a notice of removal in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, in duplicate, to the administrator of the hospital, nursing home, or hospice. The administrator shall retain one copy and forward the other copy to the local registrar of the registration district in which the hospital, nursing home, or hospice is located.
69.18(1)(e)1.1. If a death is a miscarriage and 20 weeks or more have elapsed between the mother's last normal menstrual period and delivery or the stillbirth weighs 350 grams or more, one of the following shall submit, within 5 days after delivery, a fetal death report to the state registrar:
69.18(1)(e)1.a.
a. If the miscarriage occurs at or on route to a hospital, the individual who manages the hospital or the hospital's medical records.
69.18(1)(e)1.b.
b. If the miscarriage does not occur at or on route to a hospital, the funeral director or other person authorized by at least one parent of the stillbirth.
69.18(1)(e)2.
2. Except as provided under subd.
1., no fetal death report is required.
69.18(1m)
(1m) Format. Beginning on September 1, 2013, a record of death shall consist of the following parts:
69.18(1m)(a)
(a) Fact-of-death information, which shall include all of the following:
69.18(1m)(a)1.
1. The name and other identifiers of the decedent, including the decedent's social security number, if any.
69.18(1m)(a)2.
2. The date, time, and place that the decedent was pronounced dead.
69.18(1m)(a)5.
5. The dates of certification and filing of the death record.
69.18(1m)(b)
(b) Extended fact-of-death information, which includes all of the following:
69.18(1m)(b)2.
2. Information on final disposition, manner, and cause of death.
69.18(1m)(c)
(c) Statistical-use-only information, which includes all of the following:
69.18(1m)(c)1.
1. All information other than that under par.
(b) that is collected on the standard death record form recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.
69.18(1m)(c)2.
2. Other data, as directed by the state registrar, including race, educational background, and health risk behavior.
69.18(2)(a)
(a) For a 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.
69.18(2)(b)
(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 record under sub.
(1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.