Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments
16-20-1-17. Vital Statistics; Birth and Death Records

Sec. 17. (a) The local health officer shall collect, record, and report to the state department the vital statistics for the local health officer's area of jurisdiction.
(b) The local health officer shall be the registrar of births and deaths. After making a birth or death record, the local health officer shall, by the fourth day of each month, forward the original record to the state department.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-4-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 16. Health

Article 20. Local Health Departments

Chapter 1. Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments

16-20-1-1. Application; Limited Area

16-20-1-2. Operation as Local Government Agency

16-20-1-3. Procedural Rules

16-20-1-4. Board Organization and Officers

16-20-1-5. Annual Budget

16-20-1-6. Offices and Equipment

16-20-1-7. Annual Report

16-20-1-8. Health and Planning Services Contracts

16-20-1-9. Duties of Officers and Employees

16-20-1-10. Records; Minutes

16-20-1-11. Monthly Reports; Approval; Permanent Records

16-20-1-12. Activities Reports to State Department

16-20-1-13. Local Health Officer or Representative; Consultative Meetings With State Department; Expenses

16-20-1-14. Personnel; Delegation of Duties on the Basis of Agent-Principal Relation; Water Well Inspections

16-20-1-15. Compensation

16-20-1-16. Salaries and Expenses; Authorized Payment

16-20-1-17. Vital Statistics; Birth and Death Records

16-20-1-18. Financial Assistance; Approval

16-20-1-19. Enforcement; Appealable

16-20-1-20. Proposed Rules and Ordinances; Fiscal Impact Statement

16-20-1-21. Communicable Disease Control; Powers

16-20-1-21.5. Local Orders Less Stringent; Approval of Local Order if More Stringent or Addressing Declared Emergency

16-20-1-22. Sanitary Inspections and Surveys of Public Buildings and Institutions

16-20-1-23. Inspection of Private Property by Local Health Officer; Consent by Owner; Exceptions; Court Order; Property in Which Officer Has Interest

16-20-1-24. Epidemic Control; Powers

16-20-1-25. Unlawful Conditions; Abatement Order; Enforcement

16-20-1-26. Enforcement; Approval of Legislative Body Before Filing Certain Actions; Court Action; Recipient of Enforcement Action

16-20-1-27. Service Fees; Disposition

16-20-1-28. Removal of Local Health Officers; Grounds; Hearing Rights

16-20-1-29. Rights of Employees of Local Health Department Under Prior Law

16-20-1-30. Rights of Employees of City-County Health Departments in Allen County Under Prior Law