§ 102960 Funeral Director Information Duty

• •The funeral director is in charge of gathering needed info.
• •If there’s no director, the person running the funeral must do it.
• •They must get all non‑medical data from the source that knows it best.
• •Medical and health data are not covered by this requirement.

A family hires a funeral home to arrange a burial. The funeral director needs the deceased’s full name, birth date, and next‑of‑kin contact info.

The director will ask the family or the vital records office—whichever can give the correct details—to get that information, because the law requires them to get it from the most qualified source. Medical records are not part of this request.