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Death Registration
Bolivia
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Bolivia
Death Registration
Declaration and Notification
Declaration and Notification
Informants
What role do local leaders or local authorities have in death registration?
Yes
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The death is registered at the request of the relatives of the deceased, or in the absence of relatives, by neighbors, or by the administrative, military or ecclesiastical authority of the place of death.
The Civil Registry Officer carries out the registration in view of the medical certificate proving the death.
In places where death occurs outside of medical supervision professional, the Civil Registry Officer, is required to confirm the event of death. Often, when there is no medical supervision during death, as is the case in some rural areas, the certificate must be completed by non-medical health personnel or by a local authority if there is no health personnel available.
Medical attendant is designated as the person to issue the medical certificate of the cause of death. If death occurs outside of health facilities, a doctor of the closest facility is designated to issue the certification
The doctor is required to issue a medical certificate of the cause of death when the patient dies from the illness for which he or she was being treated.
According to Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, when a body is found and it is impossible to identify it, the death is registered upon a judicial order, and in the absence of a judge, with authorization from the administrative, military, or ecclesiastical authority. This provision implies that, in cases of unnatural or suspicious deaths, the judge is the primary informant responsible for authorizing the registration, while the administrative, military, or ecclesiastical authority assumes this role when there is no judge in the jurisdiction. The law, however, does not establish a broader medicolegal framework on informants.
Who is designated primary informant for natural deaths occurring outside a health facility?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The law does not distinguish between deaths inside and outside of health facilities, and therefore does not alter the list of informants.
Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
The law does not clearly designate a single primary informant for deaths occurring in health facilities, as recommended by international guidelines. However, Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
What role do local leaders or local authorities have in death registration?
Yes
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The death is registered at the request of the relatives of the deceased, or in the absence of relatives, by neighbors, or by the administrative, military or ecclesiastical authority of the place of death.
The Civil Registry Officer carries out the registration in view of the medical certificate proving the death.
In places where death occurs outside of medical supervision professional, the Civil Registry Officer, is required to confirm the event of death. Often, when there is no medical supervision during death, as is the case in some rural areas, the certificate must be completed by non-medical health personnel or by a local authority if there is no health personnel available.
Medical attendant is designated as the person to issue the medical certificate of the cause of death. If death occurs outside of health facilities, a doctor of the closest facility is designated to issue the certification
The doctor is required to issue a medical certificate of the cause of death when the patient dies from the illness for which he or she was being treated.
According to Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, when a body is found and it is impossible to identify it, the death is registered upon a judicial order, and in the absence of a judge, with authorization from the administrative, military, or ecclesiastical authority. This provision implies that, in cases of unnatural or suspicious deaths, the judge is the primary informant responsible for authorizing the registration, while the administrative, military, or ecclesiastical authority assumes this role when there is no judge in the jurisdiction. The law, however, does not establish a broader medicolegal framework on informants.
Who is designated primary informant for natural deaths occurring outside a health facility?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The law does not distinguish between deaths inside and outside of health facilities, and therefore does not alter the list of informants.
Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
The law does not clearly designate a single primary informant for deaths occurring in health facilities, as recommended by international guidelines. However, Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
What role do local leaders or local authorities have in death registration?
Yes
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The death is registered at the request of the relatives of the deceased, or in the absence of relatives, by neighbors, or by the administrative, military or ecclesiastical authority of the place of death.
The Civil Registry Officer carries out the registration in view of the medical certificate proving the death.
In places where death occurs outside of medical supervision professional, the Civil Registry Officer, is required to confirm the event of death. Often, when there is no medical supervision during death, as is the case in some rural areas, the certificate must be completed by non-medical health personnel or by a local authority if there is no health personnel available.
Medical attendant is designated as the person to issue the medical certificate of the cause of death. If death occurs outside of health facilities, a doctor of the closest facility is designated to issue the certification
The doctor is required to issue a medical certificate of the cause of death when the patient dies from the illness for which he or she was being treated.
According to Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, when a body is found and it is impossible to identify it, the death is registered upon a judicial order, and in the absence of a judge, with authorization from the administrative, military, or ecclesiastical authority. This provision implies that, in cases of unnatural or suspicious deaths, the judge is the primary informant responsible for authorizing the registration, while the administrative, military, or ecclesiastical authority assumes this role when there is no judge in the jurisdiction. The law, however, does not establish a broader medicolegal framework on informants.
Who is designated primary informant for natural deaths occurring outside a health facility?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The law does not distinguish between deaths inside and outside of health facilities, and therefore does not alter the list of informants.
Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
The law does not clearly designate a single primary informant for deaths occurring in health facilities, as recommended by international guidelines. However, Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
