Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws
NAPHSIS Cincinnati June, 7 2005
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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• The Arizona Legislature struck and replaced all
  of the states vital records statutes in 2004.
• The new statutes went into effect in August of
  2004.
• This resulted in many significant changes for
  Arizona Vital Records.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Differentiates between a System of Vital
  Records, and a System of Public Health
  Statistics.
• The State Registrar may Appoint, Direct,
  Supervise and Remove Local Registrars and Deputy
  Local Registrars.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Requires local registrars to Administer and
  Enforce the statutes and rules.
• Does away with Class A and Class B
  Registration Districts.
• Permits Vital Records to conduct on-site
  inspections of records to assure accuracy.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Requires a Medical Examiner to complete the
  cause-of-death within 72 hours or enter Pending
  and sign the death certificate.
• Requires a funeral director to file a completed
  death certificate with the local registrar or
  state registrar within 7 days of the date he
  takes possession of the remains.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Does away with late death registration.
• Nurse Practitioners can now sign death
  certificates certifying cause-of-death.
• Allows for removal of remains and transport
  across county lines without a permit.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Foreign Presumptive Death 36-328
• The state registrar shall create and register a
  death certificate for a foreign presumptive death
  if the state registrar receives a court order
  issued in this state of a presumptive death of a
  resident of this state in a foreign country.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Physical signatures are no longer required on
  death certificates.
• Allows for electronic signatures.
• Allows for a new electronic death registry

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• (Positive ) Allows for the drafting of new rules
  governing our processes.
• (Negative -) Rules process can take up to two
  years.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• New Electronic Systems
• False start, RFP with no requirements.
• Three consultants reviewed all of our processes
  and developed and documented requirements
  definitions.
• New RFP hit the streets May 18.

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Arizona Legislative Changes to Vital Records Laws

• Bids due by June 30.
• Hope to award a contract by late August or early
  September.
• Roll out the new systems sometime in 2006.

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