Plain English Breakdown
The source states 'specified individuals' but does not list every possible role beyond physicians, medical examiners, and local registrars.
Electronic Death Registration System
This law requires California officials to upgrade their online death registration system with new computer and mobile phone tools.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the State Registrar to use updated technology, including computers and mobile telephone applications, for the death registration system.
- Allows physicians, medical examiners, and local registrars to access the electronic death registration system directly.
- Authorizes specified individuals to confirm a death electronically using voice or fax methods within the new system.
- Requires the Department of Public Health to update its software so these new methods work.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Registrar and the California Department of Public Health
- Physicians who certify causes of death
- Medical examiners involved in death investigations
- Local registrars of births and deaths
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not say when the new system must be finished or fully working.
- The bill summary does not list specific costs for upgrading the technology.