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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
May 24, 2007
H. 3362
Introduced by Reps. Parks, Sandifer, Scott, Pinson, Allen, Agnew, Alexander, Cato, Cobb-Hunter, Davenport, Harrison, Hart, Harvin, Howard, Jefferson, Leach, Miller, J.H. Neal, M.A. Pitts, Sellers, F.N. Smith, Taylor, Weeks, Whipper, Whitmire and Mahaffey
S. Printed 5/24/07--S.
Read the first time March 8, 2007.
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.
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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. When a licensed funeral director or a licensed embalmer files a death certificate:
(1) the licensed funeral director must provide his license number and his signature in the appropriate location on the death certificate;
(2) the licensed embalmer must provide his license number and either his name or signature in the appropriate location on the death certificate."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor.
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