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MINISTRY OF
HEALTH
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No. 24/2020/TT-BYT
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Hanoi, December
28, 2020
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CIRCULAR
MEDICAL
CERTIFICATE OF CAUSE OF DEATH, DEATH CERTIFICATE AND MORTALITY STATISTICS IN
MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
Pursuant to Decree No. 75/2017/ND-CP dated June
20, 2017 of Government on functions, tasks, powers, and organizational
structure of Ministry of Health;
Pursuant to Decree No.123/2015/ND-CP dated
November 15, 2015 of Government on elaborating to Law on Civil Status;
At the request of Director General of Department
of Legal Affairs; Department of Planning – Finance;
Minister of Health promulgates Circular on
medical certificate of cause of death, death certificate and mortality
statistics in medical examination and treatment establishments:
Article 1. Scope
This Circular prescribes how to specify medical
certificate of cause of death; issuance and reissuance of death certificate and
mortality statistic reports in medical examination and treatment
establishments.
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This Circular applies to medical examination and
treatment establishments licensed for operation according to Law on Medical
Examination and Treatment; agencies, organizations and individuals related to
medical certificate of cause of death; issuance and reissuance of death
certificates and mortality statistic reports in medical examination and
treatment establishments.
Article 3. Entitlement for
signing medical certificate of cause of death and issuing, reissuing death
certificate
Heads and individuals responsible for specialized
and technical affairs in medical examination and treatment establishments specified
under Article 2 of this Circular shall have the power to sign medical
certificates of cause of death and issue, reissue death certificate. Heads and
individuals responsible for specialized and technical affairs may authorize
other individuals in writing to sign medical certificate of cause of death and
issue, reissue death certificate. Authorizing individuals and authorized
individuals must be legally responsible for authorization and signed documents.
Article 4. Regulations on
medical certificate of cause of death
1. Medical certificate of
cause of death shall only be used by medical agencies for producing statistical
reports, developing, plans, policies, conducting research, analyzing population
structures, assessing implementation and provision of healthcare services for
the general public.
2. Upon identifying patients
having a biological death: absent breathing or cardiac arrest, medical
examination and treatment establishments where the patients decease are
responsible for specifying all contents classified by color in medical
certificate of cause of death under Annex I attached to this Circular.
3. Medical certificate of
cause of death in medical examination and treatment establishments shall not be
given to relatives of the deceased but stored together with patient mortality
meeting minutes in medical examination and treatment establishments which serve
as the basis for statistical reports as per the law.
Article 5. Regulations on
issuance and reissuance of death certificate
1. Issuance of death
certificate
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2. Reissuance of death
certificate
a) In case of errors when filling in death
certificate:
Relatives of the deceased patients shall prepare
application for reissuance of death certificate according to Annex III attached
to this Circular together with documents proving errors in previously issued
death certificates and submit to medical examination and treatment
establishments that issued the original death certificates. Within 1 working
day from the date on which adequate documents are received, medical examination
and treatment establishments are responsible for recalling the erroneous death
certificates for disposal; application and proving documents shall be kept with
medical records stored at medical examination and treatment establishments.
Reissued death certificates must specify number and book number of the original
death certificates and mark the reissued death certificates as “Cấp lại”
(Reissued). In case verification is required, verification must be
conducted within 5 working days.
Documents proving errors: in case of errors in
family name, middle name, first name, date of birth, nationality, passport
number, ID number, Citizen Identity Card number or personal identification
number of the deceased patients, attach copies of any of following documents:
passport, ID card, Citizen Identity Card or other documents containing photos
and personal information which proves the correct information issued by competent
authorities and remains valid (family register, temporary residence registry,
residence documents) and master registers of aforementioned documents for
comparison.
b) In case of loss or damage of death certificates:
Relatives of the deceased patients shall prepare
application for reissuance of death certificate according to Annex III attached
to this Circular and submit to medical examination and treatment establishments
that issued the original death certificates. Within 1 working day from the date
on which application for reissuance of death certificates is received, medical
examination and treatment establishments are responsible for recalling damaged
death certificates, examining information in the application and comparing with
the death certificates stored at medical examination and treatment
establishments which have issued the death certificates. Reissued death
certificates must specify number and serial number of the original death
certificates and mark the reissued death certificates as “Cấp lại” (Reissued).
In case verification is required, verification must be conducted within 5
working days.
Article 6. Forms of medical
certificate of cause of death at medical examination and treatment
establishments, death certificate and application for reissuance of death
certificate
1. Following forms are
attached to this Circular:
a) Form of medical certificate of cause of death at
medical examination and treatment establishments is specified under Annex I;
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c) Application for reissuance of death certificate
is specified under Annex III.
2. Medical certificate of
cause of death shall be in A4 (210 x 297 mm) format. Printed and specifying
information related to the deceased patients. Medical certificate of cause of
death shall be attached and stored together with medical records of the
deceased patients at medical examination and treatment establishments.
3. Death certificates shall be
printed and compiled into books. Death certificates shall be in A4 (210 x 297
mm) format. Each page shall be separated into 2 equivalent sections to record
information related to deceased patients. The first section shall be handed to
relatives of deceased patients, the second section shall be kept at medical
examination and treatment establishments. In case medical examination and
treatment establishments are employing management software, they the
establishments are not required to compile into books but are required to print
and issue death certificates using form under this Circular.
4. Ministry of Health is
responsible for providing form of medical certificate of cause of death at
medical examination and treatment establishments and form of death certificates
on website of Ministry of Health. Medical examination and treatment
establishments shall print medical certificate of cause of death and death
certificates for use.
5. Specific instructions are
included in the forms attached to this Circular.
Article 7. Statistical reports
on figures of medical certificate of cause of death and death certificates
1. Statistical reports on
medical certificate of cause of death at medical examination and treatment
establishments include: number of medical certificate of cause of death of
medical examination and treatment establishments; difficulties that arise when
producing medical certificate of cause of death. Information in medical
certificate of cause of death shall be reported simultaneously with statistical
reports on issuance of death certificates according to Clause 2 of this
Article.
2. Preparation of statistical
reports on figures of death certificates is specified under Circular No.
20/2019/TT-BYT dated July 31, 2019 of Minister of Health on basic statistical
indicator system in medical sector and Circular No. 37/2019/TT-BYT dated
December 30, 2019 of Minister of Health on statistical report regimes in
medical sector.
Article 8. Entry into force
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Article 9. Transition clauses
Death certificates issued by medical examination
and treatment establishments before the effective date of this Circular shall
remain valid until the end of December 31, 2021.
Article 10. Responsibility for
implementation
1. Vietnam Administration of
Medical Services is responsible for developing specialized documents, training
and guiding medical examination and treatment establishments specified under
article 2 of this Circular to fill in medical certificate of cause of death
according to instruction of World Health Organization; developing management
system for cause of death information at medical examination and treatment
establishments.
2. the Department of
Planning—Finance is responsible for guiding medical examination and treatment
establishments specified under Article 2 of this Circular to produce
statistical reports on figures of medical certificate of cause of death and
death certificates according to regulations and law on statistical report
regimes in medical sector.
3. Heads of entities
affiliated to Ministry of Health; directors of Departments of Health of
provinces and central-affiliated cities, heads of medical entities and relevant
entities within their functions and tasks shall direct implementation of this Circular.
Difficulties that arise during the implementation
of this Circular should be reported to the Ministry of Health (Department of
Planning - Finance, Vietnam Administration of Medical Services)./.
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