Section 1725-E - Department of Health(a) Issuance of certificates of death.--For the issuance of certificates of death by a local registrar under Section 609-A(a)(6)(ii) of the act of April 9, 1929 ( P.L. 177, No.175), known as the Administrative Code of 1929, the following shall apply: (1) A local registrar shall issue certificates of death from original certificates of death in its possession upon completion of a period of instruction on the preparation of certificates by representatives of the Division of Vital Records.(2) Each fee received by the local registrar under Section 609-A(A)(6)(II) of the Administrative Code of 1929 shall be distributed, retained or transmitted to the Department of Health as follows: (i) The following apply:(A) Except as provided under clause (B), $3 shall be retained by the local registrar.(B) If the limitation under paragraph (3) has been reached, $3 shall be transmitted to the Department of Health for deposit in the General Fund.(ii) Sixteen dollars shall be transmitted to the Department of Health for deposit in the Vital Statistics Improvement Account.(iii) One dollar shall be transmitted to the Department of Health for distribution to the county coroner or medical examiner as provided for under Section 206 of the act of June 29, 1953 ( P.L. 304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953.(3) The following shall apply: (i) Notwithstanding Section 304(c)(1) of the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, a local registrar may not be compensated in excess of $85,000 in any one calendar year.(ii) Fees received from certificates of death issued after March 6, 2020, and during the duration of the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal of the state of disaster emergency, shall not apply to the limitation on compensation under subparagraph (i).(b) If a person holds a permit to operate as a medical marijuana grower/processor under the act of April 17, 2016 ( P.L. 84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, and the permit is surrendered, revoked or otherwise forfeited because the permittee misrepresented information on its initial or renewal permit application, the Department of Health shall issue the grower/processor permit to the next most qualified applicant in the same region according to the department's ranking and scoring in the application phase during which the initial permit was issued. This provision does not apply to permits issued under Section 2002 of the Medical Marijuana Act. (c) Dispensary permit.--If a person holds a permit to operate as a medical marijuana dispensary under the act of April 17, 2016 ( P.L. 84, No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, and the permit is surrendered, revoked or otherwise forfeited, the Department of Health shall issue the dispensary permit to the next most-qualified applicant in the same region according to the department's ranking and scoring in the application phase during which the initial permit was issued. This provision does not apply to permits issued under section 2002 of the Medical Marijuana Act. (d) [Repealed by 2023 Amendment.] Amended by P.L. TBD 2023 No. 34,§ 22, eff. 12/13/2023.Amended by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 54, § 29, eff. 7/11/2022.Amended by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 114, § 9, eff. 11/23/2020.Amended by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 23, § 8, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 42, § 17, eff. 8/21/2018.1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. XVII-E, § 1725-E, added 2007 , July 17, P.L. 141, No. 42, § 4, imd. effective.