Click HERE for The Handbook for Physicians, NPs and Coroners: Medical Certification of Death and Stillbirth
Proactively request bundles of Physician Medical Certification of Death forms
- Several members have noted that this contributes to an increasingly efficient process!
- Request forms from Vital Statistics @ [email protected] or (fax) 250.952.9094
Did You Know?
- The BC Vital Statistics Act requires the Most Responsible Provider (or physician/nurse practitioner delegate) to complete and send the Medical Certificate of Death to the Funeral Director within 48 hours.
- A death certificate cannot be applied for, nor a permit of burial/cremation issued, until the Medical Certificate of Death form is received.
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