(410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18)
Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be registered
by filing a death certificate with the local registrar
of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found, within
7 days after such death (within 5 days if the death occurs prior to
January 1, 1989) and prior to cremation or removal of the body from
the State, except when death is subject to investigation by the coroner or
medical examiner.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of death is unknown, a death |
| for filing a completed death certificate. He or she shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available; he or she shall enter on the certificate the name, relationship, and address of the informant; he or she shall enter the date, place, and method of final disposition; he or she shall affix his or her own signature and enter his or her address; and shall present the certificate to the person responsible for completing the medical certification of cause of death. The person responsible for completing the medical certification of cause of death must note the presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, clostridium difficile, or vancomycin-resistant enterococci if it is a contributing factor to or the cause of death. Additional multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) may be added to this list by the Department by rule.
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(2) The medical certification shall be completed and signed within 48
hours after death by the certifying health care professional who, within 12 months prior to the date of the patient's death, was treating or managing treatment of the patient's
illness or condition which resulted in death, except when death is subject
to the coroner's or medical examiner's investigation. In the absence of
the certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, the medical certificate may be
completed and signed by his or her associate physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, the chief medical officer
of the institution in which death occurred, or the physician who
performed an autopsy upon the decedent.
(3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or when it is otherwise
subject to the coroner's or medical examiner's investigation, the coroner
or medical examiner shall be responsible for the completion of a coroner's
or medical examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the medical
certification within 48 hours after death, except as provided by regulation
in special problem cases. If the decedent was under the age of 18 years at the time of his or her death, and the death was due to injuries suffered as a result of a motor vehicle backing over a child, or if the death occurred due to the power window of a motor vehicle, the coroner or medical examiner must send a copy of the medical certification, with information documenting that the death was due to a vehicle backing over the child or that the death was caused by a power window of a vehicle, to the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and Family Services shall (i) collect this information for use by Child Death Review Teams and (ii) compile and maintain this information as part of its Annual Child Death Review Team Report to the General Assembly.
(3.5) The medical certification of cause of death shall expressly provide
an
opportunity for the person completing the
certification to indicate that the death was caused in whole or in part by a
dementia-related disease, Parkinson's Disease, or Parkinson-Dementia Complex.
(4) When the deceased was a veteran of any war of the United States, the
funeral director shall prepare a "Certificate of Burial of U. S. War Veteran",
as prescribed and furnished by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs,
and submit such certificate to the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
monthly.
(5) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this State but the
body cannot be located, a death certificate may be prepared by the State
Registrar upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction
which includes the finding of facts required to complete the death
certificate. Such death certificate shall be marked "Presumptive" and shall
show on its face the date of the registration and shall identify the court
and the date of the judgment.
(Source: P.A. 102-257, eff. 1-1-22; 102-844, eff. 1-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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