{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-2004-002","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2004/002","heading":"L.L. 2004/002","body":"Enactment date: 2/4/2004\n\nInt. No. 198-A\n\nBy the Speaker (Council Member Miller) and Council Members Brewer, Quinn, Avella, Clarke, Katz, Koppell, Lopez, Martinez, Monserrate, Moskowitz, Nelson, Reyna, Sears, Stewart, Weprin, Jackson, Boyland, Gennaro and James\n\nA Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation and implementation of an electronic death registration system.\n\nBe it enacted by the Council as follows:\n\nSection 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. Approximately 60,000 deaths occur in New York City each year. Each death must be registered and certified by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) before a burial or cremation may take place. In addition, certified death certificates are necessary to begin the probate process. Currently, DOHMH utilizes a paper-based death registration system for the filing, correction and issuance of certified copies of death certificates. This paper-based system is an inefficient and cumbersome method, which sometimes results in two to six month delays during which time families cannot commence probate, make claims on life insurance policies, commence the process of applying for social security survivor benefits or perform a host of other tasks related to the death of a family member. Such delays inflict additional pain and suffering on families who are already dealing with extreme loss. The creation and implementation of an electronic death registration system will allow doctors, authorized hospital staff and funeral directors to electronically input information necessary to complete a death certificate and send such certificate electronically to DOHMH. Errors on the death certificate may be corrected in the same manner. The electronic death registration system will hasten the collection of information necessary for the registration and certification of deaths, thereby expediting the issuance of certified death certificates, the burial or cremation process and settlement of estates.\n\n* * *\n\n[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]\n\n* * *\n\n§2. If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the local law that added this section, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.\n\n§ 3. Effective date. This local law shall take effect immediately.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","2004"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"8005c805a5b27c1eb6ace2ced07487b168377fd8e9c26f5a8e4df81b46eaf910","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-2004-001","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-l.l.-2004-008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}