How do I get signed up for TER?

Your facility will have a person assigned as the Local Administrator. This will be the person who will manage the TER account. The Local Administrator adds members of the facility into the TER system, identifies their role in the system, assigns passwords and UserID (other than medical Certifiers) and handles issues concerning the TER system. The Local Administrator is also responsible for updating the User Security tables by removing the names of past employees and adding the names of new employees.

· Require all staff and physicians to take the TER Death Online Training Course. This will familiarize them with the basic concepts of the TER system. The training can be found at www.texasvsu-ed.org .

· Sign up all physicians for TER.

Go to www.texasvsu.org . 

Click on link to Texas Electronic Registrar.

Click on link Request TER Death Process for Physicians.

Enroll each physician into the TER system – the practice and physician information will be specific for each physician, the address information of group, facility or practice will be the same for each physician, the TER Administrator information will be the same for each physician and the network Administrator will be the same for each physician. (The network administrator is the person within your facility that you would call if you are having computer problems – if you don’t have a person in this capacity leave this portion blank.)

***** Fill out the address, local administrator and network administrator information on a manual registration form – copy and complete physician information on each physician.****

· In 10-15 days you will receive an email from TER for each physician registered. The email will include the physicians UserID, password and temporary PIN. The email will be sent both to the local administrator and the physician if both email addresses are included on the registration form. The UserID and password will remain the same – the physician will change the PIN the first time the system is used. The new PIN selected by the physician will become the permanent PIN.

**** Be sure and place the TER address in your favorites, https://ter2.dshs.state.tx.us/edeath/ , so that the email is not considered spam and thrown out! ****

· The Local Administrator will add staff members to the TER system, assigning them userIDs and passwords, so that they may enter information into the TER System. Staff members may complete the information on TER Medical tabs 1, 2 &3 -but only the physician may certify the record using the PIN as the signature.