Section 24-14-31 – Penalties.
A. Except for violations of Section 24-14-18 NMSA 1978, any person is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978, who willfully and knowingly: (1) makes any false statement or supplies any false information in a report, record or certificate required to be filed; […]
Section 24-14-29.1 – Day-care fund created; use; appropriation.
There is created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “day-care fund”. The fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as other state funds are invested. The fund shall consist of distributions of revenue collected since July 1, 1987 and future revenues collected pursuant to Section 24-14-29 NMSA 1978. All […]
Section 24-14-30 – Duty to furnish information.
A. Any person having knowledge of the facts regarding any birth, death, spontaneous fetal death or induced abortion shall furnish this information upon demand to the state registrar. B. Not later than the tenth day of the month following the month of occurrence, each funeral service practitioner shall send to the state registrar a list […]
Section 24-14-21 – Delayed registration of death.
A. When a death occurring in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the board of medical investigators. The certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements as prescribed by regulation to substantiate the alleged facts of death. B. Certificates of death registered one year or […]
Section 24-14-22 – Reports of spontaneous fetal death.
A. Each spontaneous fetal death that occurs in this state after the fetus has attained a gestational age of at least twenty weeks, or if gestational age is unknown when the fetus weighs not less than three hundred fifty grams, shall be reported to the state registrar within ten days of fetal death with the […]
Section 24-14-22.1 – Certificates of still birth.
A. The state registrar shall establish a certificate of still birth. A person required to report a spontaneous fetal death shall inform a woman who has delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death has occurred, or a family member whom the woman designates, that the report of spontaneous fetal death and a certificate […]
Section 24-14-23 – Permits; authorization for final disposition.
A. For deaths or spontaneous fetal deaths which have occurred in this state, no burial-transit permit shall be required for final disposition of the remains if the disposition occurs in this state and is performed by a funeral service practitioner or direct disposer. B. A burial-transit permit shall be issued by the state registrar or […]
Section 24-14-24 – Extension of time.
A. The department may, by regulation and upon conditions as it may prescribe to assure compliance with the purposes of the Vital Statistics Act, provide for the extension of the periods prescribed in Sections 24-14-20, 24-14-22 and 24-14-23 NMSA 1978 for the filing of death certificates, spontaneous fetal death reports, medical certifications of cause of […]
Section 24-14-25 – Correction and amendment of vital records.
A. A certificate or report registered under the Vital Statistics Act may be amended only in accordance with that act and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to that act to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records and health statistics. B. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order changing the […]
Section 24-14-26 – Reproduction of records.
To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic or other reproductions of original records and files in his office. The reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record. The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided […]