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Following the 2003 Legislative Session, Governor Bush signed into law the Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act. Section 383.33625, Florida Statutes, requires a licensed health care practitioner having custody of fetal remains following spontaneous fetal demise to notify the mother of her option to arrange for a burial or a cremation of the fetal remains or to allow the physician to handle the disposition by means customarily used. Fetal demise is defined as a spontaneous fetal demise of less than 20 weeks gestation.

For occurrences in the physician's office, the statute requires the Department of Health to develop a form for physicians to use in recording the mother's election of rights under this provision. For cases which occur within a facility, the statute requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to develop a similar form for use by facility staff.

The Notification of Disposition of Fetal Demise form, DH Form 1966, for use by physicians, can be printed from the department's website at: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/Vital_statistics/index.html. We've also made available an Adobe Acrobat version on this site. An electronic version of the form or pre-printed ones can be obtained by contacting Vickie Johns, Office of Vital Statistics, Post Office Box 210, Jacksonville, Florida 32231.