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7 AAC 05.410. Person responsible for filing. The funeral director or person acting as a funeral director who assumes custody of a dead body or fetus for final disposition shall file the certificate. If the death or delivery occurs in an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall file the certificate in the absence of the funeral director or person acting as a funeral director. In the absence of any of those persons, the physician or other person in attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death. If none of these persons nor a sub-registrar is available or able to file the certificate, the local registrar shall file it from the best information available to the local registrar. Personal data shall be obtained from next of kin or the best qualified person or source available; but for a fetal death, the personal data may be obtained from institutional or physician office records if available. The medical certification of cause of death shall be obtained from the person responsible for this information. (In effect before 7/28/59; am 7/25/60, Register 2; am 4/1/99, Register 149) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 12.65.015 AS 18.50.230 AS 18.50.240 7 AAC 05.420. Physician’s certificate. The medical certification shall be completed and signed within 24 hours after death or delivery, by the physician in charge during the illness or condition that resulted in death or in attendance at or after delivery, except when an official inquiry or inquest is necessary or an extension of time is granted under 7 AAC 05.550 — 7 AAC 05.570. If a physician was not in attendance, another person in attendance or a sub-registrar shall sign the certification, stating the facts and giving the apparent cause of death to the best of the person’s knowledge; this shall be sufficient unless the state medical examiner directs otherwise, or unless an official inquiry or inquest is determined to be necessary. In the absence of another person described in this section, the local registrar shall complete the certification from the best information available. (In effect before 7/28/59; am 7/25/60, Register 2; am 9/1/93, Register 127; am 4/1/99, Register 149) Statutory Authority: