Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 36-329 (2026)

Fetal death certificate registration

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36-329. Fetal death certificate registration

A. A hospital, abortion clinic, physician or midwife shall submit a completed fetal death certificate to the state registrar for registration within seven days after the fetal death for each fetal death occurring in this state after a gestational period of twenty completed weeks or if the unborn child weighs more than three hundred fifty grams.

B. The requirements for registering a fetal death certificate are the same as the requirements for registering a death certificate prescribed in section 36-325.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2009 · leading case: Vo v. Superior Court, 836 P.2d 408 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1992).
Vo v. Superior Court, 836 P.2d 408 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “The legislature found it necessary to include within the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act a separate definition of “decedent” as including “a stillborn infant or fetus.”
State v. Lockwood, 218 P.3d 1008 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “§ 13-1103(A) (prohibiting manslaughter of a “person” and of an “unborn child” in different subsections); AR.S. § 36-329 (providing separately for death certificate for fetal death); A.”
State of Arizona v. Regina Marie Lockwood (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “§ 13-1103(A) (prohibiting manslaughter of a “person” and of an “unborn child” in different subsections); A.R.S. § 36-329 (providing separately for death certificate for fetal death); A.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 36-329(A) — 2 cases
State v. Lockwood, 218 P.3d 1008 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009). “§ 13-1103(A) (prohibiting manslaughter of a “person” and of an “unborn child” in different subsections); AR.S. § 36-329 (providing separately for death certificate for fetal death); A.”
State of Arizona v. Regina Marie Lockwood (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009). “§ 13-1103(A) (prohibiting manslaughter of a “person” and of an “unborn child” in different subsections); A.R.S. § 36-329 (providing separately for death certificate for fetal death); A.”
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