Attorney General Opinion No.

Mack Smith, Executive Secretary State Board of Mortuary Arts 700 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 904 Topeka, Kansas 66603-3758

Dear Mr. Smith:

As Executive Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts you request our opinion whether, pursuant to K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-2422(g), it is legal for copies of an original or certified copy of a death certificate to be made by a business (i.e. a funeral home) for business purposes. You ask whether it would make any difference if the copy were not represented as anything other than a copy.

K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-2422d(g) provides:

"No person shall prepare or…