Nev. Admin. Code § 440.162 - Time for initiation of certificate of death or fetal death

1. A person completing a certificate of death or fetal death must initiate the certificate:

(a) If initiated by a certifier, not later than 24 hours after the death occurred; or

(b) If initiated by a funeral director, not later than 24 hours after the funeral director receives the dead body.

2. If a dead body is transferred from one funeral home to a different funeral home, the funeral director of the originating funeral home shall ensure the transfer of the electronic record of death or fetal death, as applicable, to the receiving funeral home at the time the dead body is physically transferred into the care of the receiving funeral home.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 440.162

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R150-18A, eff. 1/30/2019; A by R111-22A, eff. 7/26/2023

NRS 440.120