Texas Health and Safety Code 193.012 – Notice of Certain Death Certificate Amendments
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 193.012
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
For a death certificate that is not a pending death certificate, a person who submits to the department a request for an amendment to modify the medical certification information on the certificate shall provide in the manner prescribed by the department written notice of the modification to a decedent‘s next of kin.