§2844. Subregistrars
The State Registrar of Vital Statistics or municipal clerk may appoint one or more suitable and proper persons in a municipality as subregistrars, who are authorized to issue permits for transportation and final disposition of dead human bodies in the same manner as is required of the state registrar or municipal clerk, as specified by department rule. The completed death certificate or report of death, upon which the permit is issued, together with a copy of the disposition of human remains permit must be forwarded to the municipal clerk at the earliest opening of the municipal office after the date of issue, and all permits by whomsoever issued must be returned to the municipal clerk as required by section 2843. The appointment of subregistrars must be made with reference to locality, so as to best suit the convenience of the inhabitants of the municipality, and such annual appointment must be in writing and recorded in the office of the state registrar or municipal clerk. The subregistrars in any municipality hold office at the pleasure of the state registrar or municipal clerk. [PL 2009, c. 601, §30 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 231, §4 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 54 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 574, §29 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 601, §30 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
Chapter 707: DEATHS AND BURIALS
22 §2841. Registration of fetal deaths
22 §2842. Registration of deaths
22 §2842-A. Identification of dead human bodies with communicable diseases
22 §2842-B. Native American human remains
22 §2843. Permits for final disposition of dead human bodies
22 §2843-A. Custody of remains of deceased persons
22 §2845. Certificate of death typewritten or hand printed