35-1-401. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) “Vital records” means records of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, divorce and data relating thereto; (ii) “System of vital records” includes the registration, collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of vital records and activities related thereto including the tabulation, analysis, and publication of statistical data derived from such […]
35-1-402. State office established. The department of health shall establish a state office of vital records services, which shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital records throughout this state.
35-1-403. Appointment of state registrar. The director of the department of health shall be the state registrar. He shall appoint a deputy who shall carry out the provisions of this act.
35-1-404. Duties of state registrar. (a) The state registrar shall: (i) Make, promulgate and enforce all necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the purpose of this act; (ii) Receive, index and statistically compile the returns of births, deaths, stillbirths, marriages and divorces from the entire state; (iii) Prescribe and distribute such forms as are […]
35-1-405. Registration districts. The state registrar shall from time to time establish registration districts throughout the state. He may consolidate or subdivide such districts to facilitate registration.
35-1-406. Appointment and removal of local registrars and deputy local registrars. (a) The state registrar shall appoint a local registrar and one or more deputy local registrars of vital records for each registration district. He may remove a local registrar or deputy local registrar for reasonable cause. (b) Each person so appointed shall be notified […]
35-1-407. Duties of local registrars. (a) Each local registration official shall serve as an agent of the state registrar in his district and shall: (i) Register only births, stillbirths and deaths that occur in his district; (ii) Examine certificates, record them in his register, numbering each in order of filing; (iii) Issue burial and removal […]
35-1-408. Compensation of local registrars. (a) Each local registrar shall be paid fifty cents ($.50) for each certificate of birth, death or stillbirth registered by him and promptly transmitted to the state registrar. If no birth, death, or stillbirth is registered by him during any calendar month, the local registrar shall report that fact to […]
35-1-409. Form of certificates. (a) In order to promote and maintain uniformity of the system of vital statistics the forms of the certificates, reports and other returns required by the act or by regulations adopted hereunder, shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics subject to […]
35-1-410. Birth registration. (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurs within ten (10) days after such birth and shall be registered by the registrar if it has been completed in accordance with this […]
35-1-411. Name of father on birth certificate. (a) If the mother was married either at the time of conception or birth of child, or between conception and birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate as the father of the child, unless: (i) Paternity has been determined otherwise by a court […]
35-1-412. Report required of person assuming custody of foundlings; information to be shown; report to constitute birth certificate; subsequent identification and certificate. (a) Whoever assumes the custody of a living child of unknown parentage shall report within seven (7) days on a form to be approved by the state registrar, to the local registrar of […]
35-1-413. Delayed registration of births. (a) When the birth of a person born in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with the regulations of vital records services. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as vital records services shall prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts […]
35-1-414. Delayed registration of death and marriage. When a death or marriage occurring in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the division of health and medical services. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the division of health and medical services […]
35-1-415. Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth. (a) If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under the provisions of this act, a petition may be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose […]
35-1-416. Court reports of adoption. (a) For each adoption of a child born in this state that is decreed by any court in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar of vital records. The report shall include such facts […]
35-1-417. New certificate of birth following adoption; court determination of paternity; and paternity acknowledgment. (a) The state registrar of vital records shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state when he receives the following: (i) An adoption report from the courts of this state, the several states of the […]
35-1-418. Death registration. (a) A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the death occurred within three (3) days after the death and prior to removal of the body from the state and shall be registered by such registrar […]
35-1-419. Stillbirth registration. (a) A stillbirth certificate for each stillbirth which occurs in this state after gestation period of twenty (20) completed weeks or more shall be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the delivery occurred within three (3) days after the delivery and prior to removal of the stillbirth […]
35-1-420. Permits. (a) The funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes custody of a dead body or stillbirth shall obtain a burial-transit permit prior to final disposition or removal from the state of the body or stillbirth and within seventy-two (72) hours after death. The burial-transit permit shall be issued by the […]
