(a) An individual with knowledge of the facts related to a reportable vital event shall furnish any information that he or she may possess to the Registrar within 5 days of a request by the Registrar.
(b) No later than the 10th day of each month, the individual in charge of each institution, or his delegate, shall send to the Vital Records Division a list showing each live birth, death, fetal death, or induced termination of pregnancy that occurred at that institution during the preceding month. The list shall be in a format prescribed by the Registrar in rules issued pursuant to § 7-231.29.
(c) No later than the 10th day of each month, each funeral director shall send to the Registrar a list showing each dead body received, embalmed, prepared for final disposition, or finally disposed of in the preceding month. The list shall be in a format prescribed by the Registrar in rules issued pursuant to § 7-231.29 and shall also include a record of the date, place, and manner of final disposition of each dead body, if applicable.
(d) Within 5 days of receipt of any autopsy results or other information that would provide pending or missing information or correct errors in a reported cause of death, the physician or medical examiner required to report the death shall send to the Registrar a delayed diagnosis report of the cause of death to amend the record.
(Oct. 30, 2018, D.C. Law 22-164, § 106, 65 DCR 9324.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety
Chapter 2A - Vital Records, 2018
§ 7–231.02. Vital statistics system; Vital Records Division
§ 7–231.03. Appointment and duties of Registrar of Vital Records Division
§ 7–231.04. Security of vital statistics system
§ 7–231.05. Individuals required to keep records
§ 7–231.06. Duties to furnish information
§ 7–231.07. Content of vital records and vital reports
§ 7–231.08. Live birth registration
§ 7–231.09. Social Security numbers
§ 7–231.10. Infants of unknown parentage
§ 7–231.11. Delayed registration of live birth
§ 7–231.12. Death registration
§ 7–231.13. Delayed registration of death
§ 7–231.14. Fetal death registration
§ 7–231.15. Reports of induced termination of pregnancy
§ 7–231.15a. Certificate of stillbirth
§ 7–231.16. Judicial proceedings to register a vital record
§ 7–231.17. Final disposition of dead body or fetus
§ 7–231.18. Marriage, divorce, and annulment reporting
§ 7–231.20. Amendments and corrections
§ 7–231.21. New records of live birth for adoption and determination of parentage
§ 7–231.22. New records of live birth for change of gender designation
§ 7–231.23. Preservation of vital records
§ 7–231.24. Confidentiality and disclosure of information from vital records or vital reports
§ 7–231.25. Certification from the system of vital statistics