Iowa Code
Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS
Section 144.3 - Rules adopted.

144.3 Rules adopted.
The department may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with chapter 17A.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.3]

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS

Section 144.1 - Definitions.

Section 144.2 - Division of records and statistics.

Section 144.3 - Rules adopted.

Section 144.4 - Registrar.

Section 144.5 - Duties of registrar.

Section 144.9 - County recorder as registrar.

Section 144.11 - Public access to records.

Section 144.12 - Forms uniform.

Section 144.12A - Declaration of paternity registry.

Section 144.13 - Birth certificates.

Section 144.13A - Fees — use of funds — electronic birth certificate system.

Section 144.13B - Waiver of fees — military service.

Section 144.14 - Foundlings.

Section 144.15 - Delayed registrations of birth.

Section 144.16 - Delayed registration of death or marriage.

Section 144.17 - Petition to establish certificate.

Section 144.18 - Court hearing.

Section 144.19 - Adoption certificate.

Section 144.20 - Information.

Section 144.21 - Amended record.

Section 144.22 - Clerk to report to state registrar.

Section 144.23 - State registrar to issue new certificate.

Section 144.24 - Substituting new for original birth certificates — inspection.

Section 144.24A - Access to original certificate of birth — application — contact preference form — medical history form — fees.

Section 144.25 - No previous certificate — procedure.

Section 144.25A - Certificate of birth — foreign and international adoptions.

Section 144.26 - Death certificate.

Section 144.27 - Funeral director’s duties — death certificate — disposition of unclaimed veterans’ remains.

Section 144.28 - Medical certification.

Section 144.29 - Fetal deaths.

Section 144.29A - Termination of pregnancy reporting — legislative intent.

Section 144.30 - Funeral director’s duty — fetal death certificate.

Section 144.31 - Medical certification — fetal death.

Section 144.31A - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.

Section 144.32 - Burial transit permit.

Section 144.33 - Bodies brought into state.

Section 144.34 - Disinterment — permit.

Section 144.35 - Extensions of time by rules.

Section 144.36 - Marriage certificate filed — prohibited information.

Section 144.37 - Dissolution and annulment records.

Section 144.38 - Amendment of official record.

Section 144.39 - Change of name.

Section 144.40 - Paternity of children — birth certificates.

Section 144.41 - Amending local records.

Section 144.42 - Reproduction of original records.

Section 144.43 - Vital records closed to inspection — exceptions.

Section 144.43A - Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.

Section 144.44 - Permits for research.

Section 144.45 - Certified copies.

Section 144.45A - Commemorative birth and marriage certificates.

Section 144.46 - Fees.

Section 144.46A - Vital records fund.

Section 144.47 - Persons confined in institutions.

Section 144.48 - Institutions — dead persons.

Section 144.49 - Additional record by funeral director.

Section 144.50 - Length of time records to be kept.

Section 144.51 - Information by others furnished on demand.

Section 144.52 - Unlawful acts — punishment.

Section 144.53 - Other acts — simple misdemeanors.

Section 144.54 - Report to county attorney.

Section 144.55 - Attorney general to assist in enforcement.

Section 144.56 - Autopsy.

Section 144.57 - Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy.