Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

I. – The certificate provided for in Article L. 2223-42 includes: 1° An administrative section comprising: a) The commune of death; b) The date and time of death; c) The surname, first names, date of birth, sex and place of residence of the deceased; d) The information required for the issue of the authorisation to close the coffin and for the performance of funeral operations ; 2° A medical section…

A retired doctor who is not practising may only be called upon to issue a death certificate if it is impossible for a practising doctor to draw up such a certificate within a reasonable period of time. A retired doctor who is not in active practice and who wishes to be authorised to draw up death certificates must apply to the Conseil Départemental de l’Ordre des Médecins in his or…

Students in the third cycle of medical studies who have completed two semesters in the speciality they are pursuing are authorised to draw up death certificates as part of their postgraduate training courses, by delegation and under the responsibility of the supervising practitioner or the practitioner in charge of the training course to which they report.

Practitioners with foreign diplomas from outside the European Union are authorised to issue death certificates from the second year of their skills consolidation course, by delegation and under the responsibility of the practitioner to whom they report.

I. – Subject to the exceptions provided for in article R. 2213-1-4, the doctor, student or practitioner who recorded the death shall, as soon as possible, draw up a certificate on an electronic medium in compliance with the provisions of article L. 1110-4-1 of the Public Health Code and transmit the sections of this certificate without delay under the conditions set out in II, III and IV. II. – The…

The Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale is responsible for managing the database made up of all the information appearing on the medical sections and additional medical sections of the death certificates sent to it. It implements physical and logical protection measures in order to preserve the security of the processing and of the information, to prevent it from being distorted, damaged or communicated to unauthorised…

I.-Exceptionally, when the death has not occurred in a public or private health establishment or in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people mentioned in the article L. 313-12 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles, the death certificate may be drawn up on paper and sent, as soon as possible, in accordance with the following procedures: The doctor, student or practitioner who recorded the death completes and…