Regulations: Reporting Procedures for Statutorily Reportable Deaths Contact Us

Find contact information to help you when reporting a death according to Wisconsin statues.

Contact us: Division of Quality Assurance

The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) can give you information on reporting a death related to:

• The use of physical restraint/seclusion.
• The use of psychotropic medication(s).
• A suspected suicide.

Email dhsdqadeathreporting@dhs.wisconsin.gov.

Contact us: State Vital Records Office

The Wisconsin State Vital Records Office can answer your questions about:

• Death certificates.
• Pronouncement of death.
• Removal of the body and removal notices.
• Notice of Removal—Corpse (Hospital, Nursing Home, Hospice), F-05043.
• Reporting of certain deaths to the sheriff, police chief, medical examiner, or coroner per Wis. Stat. §§ 979.01(1) and (4).

Contact the State Vital Records Office:

• Email dhsvitalrecords@dhs.wisconsin.gov.
• Call 608-266-1373, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. CST.

Find more information at Vital Records: Services.