The procedure for determining death and issuing a death certificate is undoubtedly a broad issue. In this study, the author draws attention to the problems of primary care physicians, who are constantly at the disposal of patients and are often required to exceed their capabilities as well as the rights to perform activities outside the medical facility and hours of providing medical services for determining deaths, filling in and issuing death certificates. Moreover, due to the lack of unified interpretation of current legislation, such assistance is often not funded. Considering the current legal status, the selected issues included in the draft law on the determination, documentation and registration of deaths, issued by the Supreme Medical Council, were presented. The last part of the article discusses the issue of appointing the coroners