California Health and Safety Code
§ 102800
HSC § 102800 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 102 · Part 1 · Ch. 6 · Art. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)The medical and health section data and the physician’s or coroner’s certification shall be completed by the attending physician within 15 hours after the death, or by the coroner within three days after examination of the body. The physician shall within 15 hours after the death deposit the certificate at the place of death, or deliver it to the attending funeral director at their place of business or at the office of the physician.
(b)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 271, Sec. 3. (AB 583) Effective January 1, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 271.