Tamil Nadu Medical Council issues Death certificate guidelines
Referring to the fact that death certificates serve the critical functions of providing documentation for legal/administrative purposes and vital statistics for epidemiologic/health policy purposes, the State Medical Council in Tamil Nadu has issued an advisory for the doctors in this regard.
The Council has also reminded the registered medical practitioners in the State that issuing death certificates can have medico-legal implications and therefore, a doctor should only provide a Death Certificate if he/she has attended the deceased while alive, has attended the patient within 14 days before death, is satisfied with the reason of death.
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Death Certificate Guidelines Issued By Tamil Nadu Medical Council
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