An Act Requiring the Use of the Electronic Death Registration System

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2847,  as enacted by PL 2011, c. 371, §2, is amended to read:

§ 2847. Electronic death registration system

Beginning July 1, 2012, a certificate of death required to be filed by any A person authorized under to complete or file a certificate of death pursuant to section 2842 pursuant to this chapter may be filed using shall use the electronic death registration system maintained by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. This section does not apply to an authorized person under section 2846. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2018.