Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-19-301 - Human Remains Release Form
A.
Except as provided in subsection (B), the form required by A.R.S. §
36-326(B)
to accompany a deceased individual's human
remains removed from a hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient
facility is in a Department-provided format and shall include:
1. The name and street address of the
hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient facility;
2. The deceased individual's:
a. Name;
b. Date of birth;
c. Sex; and
d. Social Security number or, if the deceased
individual's Social Security number is not available, the deceased individual's
medical record number;
3.
The date and time of the death;
4.
The name, telephone number, and e-mail address of the health care provider
expected to sign the medical certification of death;
5. The name, telephone number, and
relationship to the deceased individual of the individual authorizing the
hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient facility to release
the human remains;
6. The most
recent diagnosis in the deceased individual's medical record;
7. A list of the circumstances in A.R.S. §
11-593(A);
8. Whether a notification required in A.R.S.
§
11-593
was made;
9. If the deceased
individual's human remains are being released to a funeral establishment or a
person authorized to receive the deceased individual's communicable disease
related information under A.R.S. §
36-664,
whether the deceased individual had been diagnosed with or was suspected of
having, as stated in the deceased individual's medical record at the time of
death:
a. Infectious tuberculosis,
b. Human immunodeficiency virus,
c. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
d. Hepatitis B,
e. Hepatitis C or
f. Rabies;
10. For a death that occurred in a hospital,
if the deceased individual's human remains have been accepted for donation by
an organ procurement organization under A R.S. Title 36, Chapter 7, Article 3,
and the person authorized in A.R.S. §
36-843
has not made or refused to make an anatomical gift, whether the organ
procurement organization has been notified that the deceased individual's human
remains are being removed from the hospital; and
11. The name and signature of the individual
representing the hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient
facility who is releasing the human remains.
B. The form required by A.R.S. §
36-326(B)
to accompany human remains from a fetal
death removed from a hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient
facility is in a Department-provided format and shall include:
1. The name and street address of the
hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient facility;
2. The name of the mother;
3. The date of delivery;
4. The estimated gestational age or, if the
gestational age is unknown, the weight of the human remains;
5. The name and telephone number of the
parent authorizing the hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient
facility to release the human remains;
6. A list of the circumstances in A.R.S. §
11-593(A);
7. Whether a notification required in A.R.S.
§
11-593
was made;
8. For a fetal death that
occurred in a hospital, if the human remains have been accepted for donation by
an organ procurement organization under A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 7, Article 3,
and the person authorized in A.R.S. §
36-843
has not made or refused to make an anatomical gift, whether the organ
procurement organization has been notified that the human remains are being
removed from the hospital; and
9.
The name and signature of the individual representing the hospital, nursing
care institution, or hospice inpatient facility who is releasing the human
remains.
C. An individual
who removes human remains from a hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice
inpatient facility shall sign and date the applicable human remains release
form required in subsection (A) or (B), and note the time of removal when the
individual removes the human remains from the hospital, nursing care
institution, or hospice inpatient facility.
D. The individual in subsection (C) who
removes human remains shall submit a copy of the applicable human remains
release form required in subsection (A) or (B) to the local registrar or deputy
local registrar of the registration district where the death or fetal death
occurred within 24 hours after removing the human remains from a hospital,
nursing care institution, or hospice inpatient facility.
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