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§16-5-1. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§16-5-2. Establishment of Section of Vital Statistics in Bureau for Public Health - (a) There is established in the state Bureau for Public...
§16-5-3. Department of Health and Human Resources to Propose Legislative Rules - (a) The Department of Health and Human Resources shall propose...
§16-5-4. Appointment of State Registrar of Vital Statistics - The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health shall appoint...
§16-5-5. Powers and Duties of State Registrar - (a) The State Registrar shall: (1) Administer and enforce the...
§16-5-6. Registration Districts - Subject to the rules promulgated by the department, the commissioner...
§16-5-7. Appointment and Removal of Local Registrars and Deputy Local Registrars - (a) The State Registrar may appoint one or more local...
§16-5-8. Duties of Local Registrars and Deputy Local Registrars - (a) A local registrar shall: (1) Administer and enforce the...
§16-5-9. Content of Certificates and Reports - (a) To promote uniformity in the system of vital statistics,...
§16-5-9a. Legal Residences to Be Included on Certificates of Death - In order to assist clerks of county commission fulfill their...
§16-5-10. Birth Registration Acknowledgment and Rescission of Paternity - (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth which...
§16-5-11. Registration of Infants and Minors Born With Specified Birth Defects - (a) When a live birth occurs, the physician or midwife...
§16-5-12. Notation on Birth Records of Missing Children - (a) Upon receiving a report of the disappearance of any...
§16-5-13. Registration of Infants of Unknown Parentage - (a) Whoever assumes the custody of a live-born infant of...
§16-5-14. Delayed Registration of Births - (a) The State Registrar may register a delayed certificate of...
§16-5-15. Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth - (a) If the state Registrar refuses to file a certificate...
§16-5-16. Certificate of Adoption - (a) When a court of competent jurisdiction has entered an...
§16-5-17. Court Reports of Determination of Paternity - (a) When a court of competent jurisdiction has entered an...
§16-5-18. Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Paternity Acknowledgment and Court Determination of Paternity - (a) The State Registrar shall establish a new certificate of...
§16-5-19. Death registration.(a) a Certificate of Death for Each Death Which Occurs in This State Shall Be Filed With the Section of Vital Statistics, or as Otherwise Directed by the State Registrar, Within Five Days After Death, and Prior to Final D... - (1) If the place of death is unknown, but the...
§16-5-20. Delayed Registration of Death - (a) When a death occurring in this state has not...
§16-5-21. Reports of Fetal Death - (a) Each fetal death of three hundred fifty grams or...
§16-5-21a. Noah's Law; Certificate of Birth for a Stillbirth; and Contents of Certificate - (a) This section of the code shall be known as...
§16-5-22. Reports of Abortions - (a) Each abortion, as defined in 16-2R-2 of this code,...
§16-5-23. Authorization for Disposition and Disinterment and Reinterment Permits - (a) The funeral director or other person who assumes custody...
§16-5-24. Extension of Time for Filing Certificates, Reports and Authorizations - (a) The department shall, by legislative rule, provide for the...
§16-5-25. Correction and Amendment of Vital Records - (a) In order to protect the integrity and accuracy of...
§16-5-26. Reproduction and Preservation of Records - To preserve vital records and other original documents, the state...
§16-5-27. Disclosure of Information From Vital Records or Vital Reports - In accordance with section twenty-six of this article and the...
§16-5-28. Copies From the System of Vital Statistics - In accordance with section twenty-seven of this article and the...
§16-5-29. Fees for Copies and Searches - (a) The commissioner shall prescribe the fees to be charged...
§16-5-30. Persons Required to Keep Records - (a) Every person in charge of an institution as defined...
§16-5-31. Duty to Furnish Information Relative to Vital Events - (a) Any person or institution required under this article to...
§16-5-32. Matching of Birth and Death Certificates - To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent...
§16-5-33. Limitation on Use of Social Security Numbers - (a) A social security number obtained in the filing of...
§16-5-34. Uniform System of Registration of Marriage, Divorce and Annulment of Marriage - (a) To encourage an efficient and uniform system of registration...
§16-5-35. Registration of Marriages - (a) On or before the tenth day of each month,...
§16-5-36. Registration of Divorces and Annulments of Marriages - (a) On and after July 1, 2006, a record of...
§16-5-37. Applicability to Previously Received Certificates and Reports - The provisions of this article apply to all certificates of...
§16-5-38. Penalties - (a) For acts which occur on or after the effective...