REPRESENTATIVES Clancy, McGregor, Reidelbach, Setzer, C. Evans, Fessler, Latta, S. Patton, Kearns, Collier, Young, Seaver, Schmidt

To amend section 3705.08 of the Revised Code

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regarding the information included on death

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certificates.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3705.08 of the Revised Code be	4
amended to read as follows:	5

Sec. 3705.08. (A) The director of health, by rule, shall	6
prescribe the form of records and certificates required by this	7
chapter. Records and certificates shall include the items and	8
information prescribed by the director, including the items	9
recommended by the national center for health statistics of the	10
United States department of health and human services, subject to	11
approval of and modification by the director, and all.	12

(B) All birth certificates shall include a statement setting	13
forth the names of the child's parents and a line for the mother's	14
and the father's signature.	15

(C) All death certificates shall include a space to indicate,	16
if the deceased individual is female, whether any of the following	17
conditions apply to the individual:	18

(1) Not pregnant within the past year;

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(2) Pregnant at the time of death;

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(3) Not pregnant, but had been pregnant within forty-two days	21
prior to the time of death;	22

(4) Not pregnant, but had been pregnant within forty-three	23
days to one year prior to the time of death;	24

(5) Unknown whether pregnant within the past year.

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(D)(1) The director shall prescribe methods, forms, and	26
blanks and shall furnish necessary postage, forms, and blanks for	27
obtaining registration of births, deaths, and other vital	28
statistics in each registration district, and for preserving the	29
records of the office of vital statistics, and no forms or blanks	30
shall be used other than those prescribed by the director.	31

(2) All birth, fetal death, and death records and	32
certificates shall be printed legibly or typewritten in unfading	33
black ink and signed. Except as provided in division (G) of	34
section 3705.09, division (A) of section 3705.12, division (D) of	35
section 3705.15, or section 3705.16 of the Revised Code, a	36
signature required on a birth, fetal death, or death certificate	37
shall be written by the person required to sign and a facsimile	38
signature shall not be used.	39

(3) All vital records shall contain the date received for	40
registration.	41

(4) Information required in certificates, records, or reports	42
authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by	43
photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the	44
director.	45

Section 2. That existing section 3705.08 of the Revised Code	46
is hereby repealed.	47