Physician Assistant and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Services

Expanded who may file a certificate of death or fetal death to include physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and other attending persons when a funeral director is absent.

Expanded who may note corrected information on a permanent certificate of death or fetal death to include district medical examiners in addition to funeral directors and medical professionals.

Updated the definition of 'primary or attending practitioner' to explicitly include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses who treated the decedent within 12 months of death.

Removed the requirement for a permanent certificate to be signed by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or funeral director, allowing district medical examiners to also sign corrections as appropriate.