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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-63-72 SO AS TO REQUIRE AN EMBALMER OR FUNERAL DIRECTOR WHO FILES A DEATH CERTIFICATE TO PROVIDE HIS EMBALMER OR FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR LICENSE NUMBER ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-70, RELATING TO THE STATE REGISTRAR'S OBLIGATION TO PRESCRIBE DEATH CERTIFICATE FORMS, AMONG OTHER VITAL STATISTICS FORMS, TO COUNTY REGISTRARS AND APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO INCLUDE ON DEATH CERTIFICATE FORMS A SPACE WHERE AN EMBALMER OR FUNERAL DIRECTOR MAY PROVIDE HIS LICENSE NUMBER WHEN FILING A DEATH CERTIFICATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-63-72. A licensed embalmer or funeral director who files a death certificate must provide his license number on the appropriate location of the death certificate."
SECTION 2. Section 44-63-70 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 44-63-70. The state registrar shall prescribe the proper forms for the certification and recording of all vital statistics in this State and shall furnish copies of these forms to all county registrars and appropriate agencies in the State having the responsibility for the registration, reporting, and certification of vital statistics, data, and information. The state registrar shall include on death certificates a place on which the name or signature and the license number of a licensed embalmer or funeral director must be included when a death certificate is filed by a licensed embalmer or funeral director, as provided in Section 44-63-72."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor.
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