In case of death due to illness at home, the community health service center or township health center at the place of death shall investigate according to the medical history of the deceased provided by family members or insiders, and be responsible for issuing the medical certificate of death.
In case of death due to accidents or emergencies, the public security organ at the place of death shall issue relevant certificates.
The Medical Certificate of Death is in quintuplicate, the first copy is kept by the issuing unit, the second copy is regularly summarized by the issuing unit and submitted to the local CDC, the third copy is used when the account is cancelled, the fourth copy is used when the cremation procedure is completed, and the fifth copy is kept by the family members.
Extended data:
Notice on further standardizing the management of death certificates;
1. Medical institutions at all levels are responsible for issuing the Medical Certificate of Death for those who died of illness (including those who died when they arrived at the hospital, those who died during pre-hospital emergency treatment, those who died during in-hospital diagnosis and treatment, and those who died of newborns); The person who died at home due to illness shall be investigated by the community health service center or township health center at the place of death according to the medical history of the deceased provided by family members or insiders, and shall be responsible for issuing the medical certificate of death.
2. Anyone who is diagnosed and treated by a medical institution and cannot be determined to have died of illness shall immediately notify the public security organ at the place of death, and the public security organ at the place of death shall handle it according to relevant procedures.
3. In case of death due to an accident or an emergency, the public security organ at the place of death or an appraisal institution shall determine the nature of death, and the public security organ at the place of death shall issue relevant certificates:
Traffic accident death, issued by the traffic police department "corpse disposal notice".
In case of death, the public security department handling the case shall issue a notice of appraisal conclusion.
Well-known bodies whose identities are unknown or their families are unwilling to deal with them, the public security organ at the place of discovery shall make the report on cremation treatment of unidentified (well-known) bodies, and the municipal public security detachment shall notify the municipal funeral home cremation.
When going through the formalities for cancellation of the death of a citizen, the resident identity card of the deceased shall be cancelled; Single families, but also to collect household registration books.
References:
Notice of Mengcheng County People's Government on Further Standardizing the Administration of Population Death Certificate and Information Registration