Fetal Death Certificate
A mother patient can receive a certificate from the nys department of health if the fetal death took place outside of new york city.
Fetal death certificate. Influenza can cause mild to severe illness. The new york state department of health and the new york city department of health give fetal death certificates. In the united states state laws require the reporting of fetal deaths and federal law mandates national collection and publication of fetal death data. Fetal death and still birth fetal death certificate overview.
Such information will not appear on any certified copy of this record. Fetal death certification uses the original pink death certification paper forms which are found on the appropriate hospital units newborn nursery labor and delivery postpartum unit. Lentz samara created date. Fetal deaths later in pregnancy at 20 weeks of gestation or more or 28 weeks or more for example are also sometimes referred to as stillbirths.
Certified copies of fetal death records with a raised state seal printed on security paper are acceptable for various legal uses. Influenza or flu is a viral respiratory illness mainly spread by droplets made when people with flu cough sneeze or talk. Serious outcomes of flu infection are hospitalization or death. Certificate of fetal death the following confidential information may be used in connection with research studies approved by the public health council as authorized by chapter 68 pl.
Information on obtaining a fetal death certificate.