Registry of deaths and births.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 24-172
in effectSec. 24-172. - Registry of deaths and births.
(a) It shall be the duty of every physician, professional adviser, or midwife who has attended any person at that person's last illness, or has been professionally present at the death of any person or has been professionally attendant at or upon the birth of any person to keep a registry of the births and deaths so attended and to make for the manager of public health and environment each month a copy of such registry, containing all the facts required to be entered in such registry.
(b) Such copy of the registry shall be made at the close of each month, or within five (5) days thereafter.
(c) If any practicing physician or midwife shall not be present at any birth or death during any month, the physician or midwife shall nevertheless make and return a monthly statement to the manager of public health and environment showing that fact.
(Code 1950, § 741.2; Ord. No. 1110-96, § 1, 12-16-96; Ord. No. 427-18, § 14, 6-11-18)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH24HESA_ARTVIBIDE_DIV2VIST_S24-172REDEBIFetched: 10/27/2026