641—97.3 (144) Standard registration of death—up to one year. Iowa death records submitted for registration within one year from the date of death shall be prepared on the standard Certificate of Death form.
	 97.3(1) The county in which the death occurs or in which the dead human body is found is the county of death.
	 97.3(2) If the death occurs in a moving conveyance, the county in which the dead human body is first removed from the conveyance is the county of death.
	 97.3(3) A blank Certificate of Death form shall be used only by the state registrar or authorized agents.
	 97.3(4) If a funeral director uses a computer software program to generate death records, the certificate of death form shall be provided to the state registrar prior to the funeral director’s use of the form. The state registrar shall review the form and provide written approval to the funeral director or shall deny approval of the form if the form does not conform to the standard certificate of death as prescribed. Denial shall be provided in writing.
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