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Matters of Record Newsletter - Death Archives

Fall 2018

Featured Stories
Long-form death vs short form death records
Methods of disposition
Five days to file death records
24-Hour Receipt of Body Card now in OVERS
Reminder -  Funeral Directors can enter time of death on fully electronic records
Staff Transitions

September 2017 - Death 

Featured Stories
Reminder: Reduced fee for additional copies of death records ending
Who is legally responsible for filing a death certificate?Who is the informant
Missing street designators in addresses
Helping to minimize dropped to paper records
Occupation and Industry resourceWho is eligible for free veteran certificates?
Please meet our newest manager: Ryan Sanders
Wanted – newsletter topicsFrequent contacts

April 2017 - Death

Featured Stories
Working together to meet the needs of veterans and their families

Amendments to marital status and spouse's name
Funeral home adoption of electronic death records
Electronic death records update
Updated Oregon Death Certificate Worksheet for funeral homes

Affidavit faxing for medical certifiers
Connected amendments on death certificates
A new death certificate brochure is here
Cynthia Roeser is retiring
After 39 years with the state of Oregon, Carol Sanders is retiring

September 2016

Featured Stories
Legally sufficient affidavits
Introducing Derrick Patterson
Working copies
Military service & occupation/industry reporting
Timely registration of records for indigent decedents Cascadia Rising exercise
EDRS update Do not issue these death certificates: Death with Dignity

April 2016

Featured Stories
Replacement fees
Where to send an affidavit: County vs. State Office
Funeral homes do not create a “Fetal Death Report"
Time and date of death functionality in OVERS
Rapid process improvement (RPI) - an update
Helpful hints: OVERS messaging tool
Joyce Grant-Worley — all about her

September 2015

Special Report:Veterans' Combat Status Collection Results, Jan 2014 - July 2015 YTD

Featured Stories
Vital records fees to increase
Fee discontinued for burial and cremation metal discs
SSA's online verification service
Funeral home monthly reports
What keeps a report of death from being legally sufficient?
Report card on timeliness and quality
How are you doing on veterans' combat status data collection?
Announcing new counter service hours
RPI-Records now registered more quickly
Oregon awarded funds
OVERS use by medical certifiers: what you can do to help?

March 2015

Featured Stories
OVERS use statewide - an update
Alias names on death certificates
Amending name of funeral home
Veterans' combat status reporting
Spell it out and be aware of typos!
Final dispositions made simple
OVERS training coordinator Kerry Lionadh leaving for new opportunity

August 2014

Featured Stories
How the ODVA can help families
Importance of properly completing the veterans' combat status and combat zone questions
Submitting a death record with unknown information
Efficient electronic amendments
Burial tags

March 2014

Featured Stories
Letter from the State Registrar
FAQs: Veterans'-use-only certified copies
House Bill 2093 and medical certifiers from bordering states
24-hour notice of receipt of body
Short form death records
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Special Edition 
(posted Nov 2013)

Featured Stories
Special edition on HB2093 implementation
Doctors from bordering states can sign
Process for amendments to death records
Order forms required at county
Short form certified copies only for property transfers in Oregon
Free veterans' copies require proof of application
24 hour receipt of body card still required
How to find the report of death in OVERS if hospital starts record
Limitations on providing certified copies of death

March 2013

Featured Stories
OVERS tip: changing the date of death
Veteran's combat status update
Follow-up on combat zone information
Vital records modernization bill
Fetal death reporting demystified
Burial and Cremation Tags
Home Burial Packets
Timeliness for Death Certificates
The OVERS Revolution

August 2012 - Death

Featured Stories
Legislative House Bill 3611
Veteran's combat status update
Disposition and transit permits
Unknown city limits
Medical certifiers from bordering states - an update
Requesting death certificates and corrections by fax

March 2012 - Death 

Featured Stories
Do not share copies of death certificates
OVERS help desk
Two new registration timelines for death
Who to call at the Center for Health Statistics
Veteran's combat status update
Disposition in Oregon
Medical section should be completed by the medical certifier
Funeral home billing process
Funeral home numeric report