Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division I. General Regulations |
Chapter 10.04. VITAL STATISTICS |
§ 10.04.030. Certificate of death or stillbirth—Filing required.
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A certificate of every death or stillbirth occurring within the metropolitan government area shall be filed by the attendant at death, the funeral director or the person in charge of interment, with the board of health within seventy-two hours after the death or stillbirth occurred, or within seventy-two hours after the finding of a dead body, but in every instance prior to transportation or removal from the metropolitan government area.
(Prior code § 20-1-220)