§ 4160. Fetal deaths; registration. 1. Fetal death is defined as death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the […]
§ 4160-a. Certificate of still birth. 1. The department, or in the city of New York, the board of health, shall establish a certificate of still birth. The registrar with whom a fetal death certificate is filed shall issue a certificate of still birth to the parent or parents named on a fetal death certificate […]
§ 4161. Fetal death certificates; form and content; physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives, and hospital administrators. 1. The certificate of fetal death and the report of fetal death shall contain such information and be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe; provided however that commencing on or after the implementation date under section forty-one hundred […]
§ 4162. Fetal deaths; burial and removal; permits. 1. A permit shall be required for the removal, transportation, burial or other disposition of remains resulting from a fetal death, other than fetal tissue, hydatidiform mole or other evidence of pregnancy recovered by curettage or operative procedures or other products of conception of under twenty weeks […]
§ 4163. Penalties. Any person who shall release information which might disclose the identity of the woman in connection with a certificate of fetal death or report of fetal death in violation of the provisions of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each such release. […]
