Death certificate; require physician, APRNs or physician assistants who attended to decedent's care to sign.

This bill requires the physician, advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), or physician assistant who primarily treated a patient before death to certify the cause of death and sign the death certificate, unless the death affects public health or safety (e.g., violence, infectious disease outbreaks). It directly affects healthcare providers who provided direct medical care to the decedent. The requirement applies to routine deaths not falling under public interest categories, which would still be handled by medical examiners. The bill amends existing Mississippi law to clarify this responsibility for treating providers.