26B-8-115.  Fetal death certificate — Filing and registration requirements.

(1)  A fetal death certificate shall be filed for each fetal death which occurs in this state. The certificate shall be filed within five days after delivery with the local registrar or as otherwise directed by the state registrar. The certificate shall be registered if it is completed and filed in accordance with this part.

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-115

  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Dead fetus: means a product of human conception, other than those circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1):
(a) of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery; and
(b) that was not born alive. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
  • File: means the submission of a completed certificate or other similar document, record, or report as provided under this part for registration by the state registrar or a local registrar. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
  • Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101
  • Physician: means a person licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath in this state under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State registrar: means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
    • (2)  When a dead fetus is delivered in an institution, the institution administrator or his designated representative shall prepare and file the fetal death certificate. The attending physician shall state in the certificate the cause of death and sign the certificate.

    (3)  When a dead fetus is delivered outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery shall complete, sign, and file the fetal death certificate.

    (4)  When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery or when inquiry is required by 2, the medical examiner shall investigate the cause of death and prepare and file the certificate of fetal death within five days after taking charge of the case.

    (5)  When a fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the dead fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and the place of death is unknown, the death shall be registered in this state. The place where the dead fetus was first removed from the conveyance or found shall be considered the place of death.

    (6)  Final disposition of the dead fetus may not be made until the fetal death certificate has been registered.

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session

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