Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 193 - Vital Statistics
Section 193.045 - State registrar, administration of system, powers and duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984
193.045. State registrar, administration of system, powers and duties. — 1. The department director or his designee shall be the state registrar of vital statistics.
2. The state registrar shall administer the system of vital statistics and shall:
(1) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures throughout the state;
(2) Prescribe, furnish and distribute such forms as are required by sections 193.005 to 193.325 and the rules and regulations issued hereunder, or prescribe such other means for transmission of data as will accomplish the purposes of complete and accurate reporting and registration of vital records;
(3) Prepare and publish reports of vital statistics of this state and such other reports as may be required by department rules;
(4) Provide to the state or local health agencies copies of or data derived from certificates and reports required under sections 193.005 to 193.325, deemed necessary for state or local health planning and program activities. The state registrar shall establish a schedule for transmittal of such copies or data, but such copies or data shall remain the property of the department and the uses which may be made of them shall be governed by the state registrar.
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(L. 1984 S.B. 574)

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XII - Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 193 - Vital Statistics

Section 193.005 - Law, how cited.

Section 193.015 - Definitions.

Section 193.025 - Office — exclusive system — preservation of records.

Section 193.035 - Rules and regulations, procedure.

Section 193.045 - State registrar, administration of system, powers and duties.

Section 193.055 - Division of state into registration districts.

Section 193.065 - Local registrars, qualifications, appointment — deputies — duties — recorder of deeds appointed as local registrar (St. Louis City).

Section 193.075 - Certificates and reports, form, format, contents.

Section 193.085 - Birth certificate — contents, filing, locale, duties of certain persons, time allowed, attestation.

Section 193.087 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity — forms, contents — immunity for staff presenting form — training of hospital staff — intentional misidentification of parent, penalty — public assistance recipients, duty to cooperate.

Section 193.095 - Parentage unknown — report of custodian constitutes certificate — inspection by court order only.

Section 193.105 - Delayed filing, registration — refusal — appeal.

Section 193.115 - Court order constituting birth certificate, petition, procedure.

Section 193.125 - Missouri adoptee rights act — adoption — new birth certificate, when — reports — duties — inspection of certain records by court order only.

Section 193.128 - Citation of law — original birth certificate, who may obtain, when — issuance, fee — contact preference form — medical history request — rulemaking authority.

Section 193.135 - New certificate of birth established or old one amended, when — inspection of certain records by court order only.

Section 193.145 - Death certificate — electronic system — contents, filing, locale, duties of certain persons, time allowed — certificate marked presumptive, when — training, failure to complete, effect of.

Section 193.155 - Delayed filing, registration.

Section 193.165 - Spontaneous fetal death report — release of reports — application for certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, procedure.

Section 193.175 - Person in charge of final disposition of dead body to file notification of death — cremation, requirements — tag affixed with identifying information, requirements.

Section 193.185 - Marriage report — certification.

Section 193.195 - Marriage license recording fee.

Section 193.205 - Marriage dissolution or annulment record.

Section 193.215 - Amendment of certificates and reports — acknowledgment of paternity affidavit, notice to be given parents — rescission of acknowledgment, filing — paternity establishment services offered by department.

Section 193.225 - Methods of preserving records, requirements — certified reproductions accepted as originals — death record originals transferred to state archives.

Section 193.235 - Probative value of delayed or altered certificates.

Section 193.245 - Inspection and copying of records, disclosure of information, unlawful unless authorized — authority.

Section 193.255 - Certified copies of vital records, issuance — probative value — cooperation with federal agencies and other states — issuance of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, when.

Section 193.265 - Fees for certification and other services — distribution — services free, when.

Section 193.275 - Records to be kept by institutions and others — period — power of registrar to demand information.

Section 193.285 - Local registrar's duties.

Section 193.315 - Acts which constitute crimes.

Section 193.325 - Application of law.