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| | | An Act To Promote Clarity Regarding Death Certificates |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, current law requires that a death certificate be | | completed in typewritten or handwritten block style; and |
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| | | Whereas, death certificates have been rejected for filing | | because they were completed by hand without meeting the strict | | requirements of "block style"; and |
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| | | Whereas, death certificates should be accepted for filing if | | they are completed in a hand-printed style that is legible; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2842, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 574, §26, is | | further amended to read: |
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