Nevada Code § 440.340

Registration of stillborn children
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1. Stillborn children or those dead at
birth shall be registered as a stillbirth and a certificate of stillbirth shall
be filed with the local health officer in the usual form and manner.
2. The medical certificate of the cause of
death shall be signed by the attending physician or attending advanced practice
registered nurse, if any.
3. Midwives shall not sign certificates of
stillbirth for stillborn children; but such cases, and stillbirths occurring
without attendance of either physician, advanced practice registered nurse or
midwife, shall be treated as deaths without medical attention as provided for
in this chapter.

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