Registration of death
29(1)Where a person dies in the Province, the particulars necessary to complete the death registration form provided by the Registrar General shall, upon request, be provided to the funeral director
(a)
by the nearest relative of the deceased present at the death or in attendance at the last illness of the deceased,
(b)
by any other relative or adult person having knowledge of the facts, or
(c)
by the occupier of the dwelling in which the person died.
29(2)The medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who was last in attendance during the last illness of the deceased person or the coroner who conducts an investigation or inquest into the death of a person shall, forthwith after the death, investigation or inquest, as the case may be, complete and sign the medical certificate of cause of death portion of the death registration form and shall deliver the form to the funeral director.
29(3)After taking charge of a dead body, every funeral director shall, within the time prescribed by regulation,
(a)
obtain the death registration form referred to in subsection (2),
(b)
obtain all other particulars necessary to complete the death registration form,
(c)
complete and sign the death registration form, and
(d)
deliver the completed death registration form to the Registrar General.
29(4)When circumstances are such that the Registrar General cannot obtain a completed medical certificate of cause of death portion of a death registration form pursuant to subsection (2), the Registrar General shall notify a medical officer of health, coroner or a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner designated by the medical officer of health who shall inquire into the facts and complete the portion.
1985, c.71, s.1; 1993, c.27, s.9; 1996, c.24, s.17; 2011, c.37, s.32; 2016, c.50, s.1; 2017, c.42, s.92