CHAPTER 451

An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the laws of Virginia re-

lating to vital statistics; to that end to repeal chapter 18 of Title 82 of

the Code of Virginia, which chapter includes Articles 1 to 4 and §§ 32-

322 through 32-3538.8, as severally amended, which chapter relates

generally to vital statistics; and to amend the Code of Virginia by

adding in Title 32 thereof a chapter numbered 18.1, containing sections

numbered 32-358.4 to 82-353.31, inclusive, relating generally to vital
statistics.

(S 249]

Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That chapter 18 of Title 32 of the Code of Virginia which chapter in-
cludes Articles 1 to 4 and §§ 32-322 through 32-353.3, inclusive, as severally
amended, be repealed.
2. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding in Title 32 thereof a
chapter numbered 18.1, containing sections numbered 32-353.4 to 32-353.31,
inclusive, as follows:
§ 32-353.4. As used in this chapter:

(a) “Vital statistics” means records of birth, death, fetal death, mar-
riage, divorce, and public health and medical data related thereto.

(b) “System of vital statistics” includes the registration, collection,
preservation, amendment, and certification of vital statistics and public
health records, and activities related thereto including the tabulation,
analysis, and publication of statistical data derived from such records.

(c) “Filing’’ means the presentation of a certificate, report, or other
record provided for in this chapter, of a birth, death, fetal death, adoption,
marriage, or divorce for registration by the Bureau of Vital Statistics.

(d) “Registration” means the acceptance by the Bureau of Vital Sta-
tistics and the incorporation in its official records of certificates, reports,
or other records provided for in this chapter, of births, deaths, fetal deaths,
adoptions, marriages, or divorces.

(e) “Live birth’ means the complete expulsion or extraction from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of
pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows
any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not
the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.

(f) “Fetal death” means death prior to the complete expulsion or ex-
traction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective
of the duration of pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after
such expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any other
evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical
cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.

(zg) “Dead body” means a lifeless human body or parts of such body
or bones thereof from the state of which it reasonably may be concluded
that death recently occurred.

(h) “Final disposition” means the burial, interment, cremation, or
other disposition of a dead body or fetus.

(i) “Physician” means a person authorized or licensed to practice
medicine and osteopathy pursuant to definitions outlined in § 54-273.

(j) “Institution” means any establishment, public or private, which
provides in-patient medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment, or
nursing, custodial or domiciliary care to two or more unrelated individuals,
or to which persons are committed by law.

§ 32-353.5. The Bureau of Vital Statistics established in the State
Department of Health shall:

(a) Install, maintain, and operate the system of vital statistics
throughout this State.

(b) Provide central public health analysis and tabulating services for
the State, county, and city departments of health

§ 32-353.6. (a) The State Board of Health is authorized in conform-
ity with provisions of Title 9, Chapter 1.1, to adopt, amend, and repeal
rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall take effect thirty days after
publication.

(b) The Board shall provide suitable quarters for the Bureau of Vital
Statistics which shall be properly equipped and including fireproof vaults
for the safe preservation of records made and returned under this chapter.

§ 32-353.7. The State Health Commissioner shall appoint the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics in accordance with Chapter 9 of Title 2 of this
Code who shall carry out the provisions of this chapter. The salary of the
State Registrar shall be such as may be provided in accordance with law.
§ 32-358.8. (a) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall:

(1) Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules and regulations
issued hereunder, and issue instructions for the uniform and efficient ad-
ministration of the Statewide system of vital statistics.

(2) Direct and supervise the Statewide system of vital statistics and
the Bureau of Vital Statistics and be custodian of its records.

(8) Direct, supervise and control the activities of county, city and
local registrars and the activities of local health departments related to the
operation of the vital statistics system.

(4) Prescribe and distribute such forms as are required by this chapter
and the rules and regulations issued hereunder.

(5) Prepare and publish reports of vital statistics of this State, and
such other reports as may be required by the State Department of Health.

(6) Arrange, bind, and permanently preserve the certificates in a
systematic manner and shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive and
continuous index of all births, deaths, marriages, and divorces registered.

(7) Perform such other duties as may be required by law.

(b) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics may delegate such func-
tions and duties vested in him to officers and employees of the Bureau of
Vital Statistics and to county, city and local registrars as he deems neces-
sary or expedient.

§ 32-353.9. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall from time
to time establish registration districts throughout the State. He may
consolidate or subdivide such districts to facilitate registration.

§ 32-353.10. (a) County and city health directors shall be county
and city registrars of vital statistics for their Jurisdiction. Each county
or city registrar shall appoint one or more deputies who shall be employees
of the county or city health department. Each county or city registrar
shall recommend the appointment of a local registrar and deputy local
registrar when necessary to facilitate registration in his county or city.

(b) In the absence of a duly appointed county or city health director
and when there may be no acting county or city health director, the State
Registrar shall appoint a county or city registrar to serve pending the
appointment of a health director.

(c) The State Registrar may remove a local registrar for reasonable
cause.

§ 32-353.11. (a) The county, city or local registrar with respect to
his registration district shall:

(1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and in-
structions, rules, and regulations issued hereunder.

(2) Require that certificates be completed and filed in accordance with
provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations issued hereunder.

(3) Transmit twice monthly the certificates, reports, or other returns
filed with him to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or more frequently
when directed to do so by the State Registrar.

(4) Maintain such local records, make such reports, and perform such
other duties as may be required by the State Registrar.

(b) Deputies shall perform the duties of the registrar in the absence
or incapacity of such registrar and shall perform such other duties as may
be prescribed.

§ 32-353.12. (a) Each local registrar shall be paid in the manner
provided in § 32-353.13, the sum of fifty cents for each certificate of birth,
death, or fetal death registered by him and transmitted to the county or
city registrar of vital statistics in accordance with the rules and regulations
issued hereunder.

(b) If no birth, death, or fetal death is registered by him during any
calendar month, the local registrar shall report that fact to the county or
city registrar of vital statistics and shall be paid, in the manner provided
In § 32-353.138, the sum of fifty cents for each month.

(c) No compensation shall be paid under this section to any full-time
employee of a county or city health department.

§ 32-353.18. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall certify to
the treasurer of the county or city quarterly the number of birth, death,
and fetal death certificates registered by each local registrar, with the
names of the local registrars and the amount due. Upon such certification,
the fees due the local registrars shall be paid by the treasurer of the county
or city out of the general fund of the county or city.

§ 32-353.14. (a) The State Department of Health, in order to promote
and maintain uniformity in the system of vital statistics, shall prescribe all
forms of certificates, reports, and other returns required by this chapter,
or by regulations adopted hereunder.

(b) Each such certificate, report, and form shall have entered upon
its face the date of registration duly attested by the registrar.

§ 32-353.15. (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs
in this State shall be filed with the registrar of the district in which the
birth occurs within seven days after such birth and shall be registered by
such registrar if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this
section; provided, that when a birth occurs on a moving conveyance a birth
certificate shall be filed in the district in which the child was first removed
from the conveyance.

(b) When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge of such
institution or his designated representative shall obtain the personal data,
prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate
and file it with the registrar. The physician in attendance shall certify to
the facts of birth and provide the medical information required by the
certificate within five days after the birth.

(c) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall
be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of
priority :

(1) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or
in the absence of such physician,

(2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth,
or in the absence of such a person,

(3) The father, the mother, or, in the absence of the father and the
inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the
birth occurred.

(d) (1) If the mother of a child is not married to the natural father
of the child at the time of birth, or during the ten months next preceding
such birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate of
birth without the written consent of both the mother and of the person to
be named as the father unless a determination of paternity has been made
by a court of competent jurisdiction, in which case the name of the father
as determined by the court shall be entered.

(2) In the case of a child born out of wedlock, the certificate shall be
filed directly with the county or city registrar of vital statistics and not
with a local registrar.

(e) Either of the parents of the child shall sign the certificate of live
birth to attest to the accuracy of the personal data entered thereon, in time
to permit the filing within the seven days prescribed above.

§ 32-353.16. (a) Whoever assumes the custody of a living infant of
unknown parentage shall report on a form and in the manner prescribed by
the State Registrar of Vital Statistics within seven days to the county or
city registrar of the county or city in which such child was found, the fol-
lowing information:
(1) The date and place of finding;

(2) Sex, color or race, and approximate age of such child;

(83) Name and address of the persons or institution with whom such
child has been placed for care;

(4) Name given to such child by the custodian; and

(5) Other data required by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.

(b) The place where such child was found shall be entered as the
place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation.

(c) A report registered under this section shall constitute the certif-
icate of birth for such infant.

(d) If such child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or
obtained, any report registered under this section shall be sealed and
filed and may be opened only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction
or as provided by regulation.

§ 32-353.17. (a) When the birth of a person born in this State has
not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regula-
tions of the State Board of Health. Such certificate shall be registered
subject to such evidentiary requirements as the State Board of Health
shall by regulation prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.

(b) Certificates of birth registered one year or more after the date
of occurrence shall be marked “Delayed” and show on their face the date
of the delayed registration.

(c) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of
the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.

(d) (1) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documen-
tation required in the regulations for delayed registration or when the
State Registrar of Vital Statistics finds reason to question the validity or
adequacy of the certificate or the documentary evidence, the State Regis-
trar of Vital Statistics shall not register the delayed certificate and shall
advise the applicant of the reasons for this action. In the event the
deficiencies are not corrected, the registration official shall advise the
applicant of his right of appeal pursuant to § 32-353.18.

(2) The State Board of Health may by regulation provide for the
dismissal of an application which is not actively prosecuted.

§ 32-353.18. (a) If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under
the provisions of § 32-353.17, a petition for an order establishing a record
of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose
birth is to be registered may be filed with the circuit court of the county
or the circuit or corporation court of the corporation in which he resides;
or if he be a citizen of this State, without a fixed residence, or, if he be a
resident of another state, his petition may be to the circuit court of the
county or the circuit or corporation court of the corporation in which his
birth occurred. In case of a minor who has not parent or guardian, the
application may be made by his next friend.

(b) Such petition shall allege:

(1) That the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought
was born in this State;

(2) That no record of birth of such person can be found in the office
of the State or local custodian of birth records;

(3) That diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the
evidence required in accordance with regulations pursuant to § 32-353.17,
and

(4) That the State Registrar of Vital Statistics has refused to regis-
ter a delayed certificate of birth.

(c) The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the regis-
tration official made in accordance with § 32-353.17 (d) (1) and all
documentary evidence which was submitted to the registration official in
support of such registration.

(d) The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and
shall give the registration official who refused to register the petitioner’s
delayed certificate of birth five days’ notice of said hearing. Such official,
or his authorized representative, may appear and testify in the proceeding.

(e) If the court from the evidence presented finds that the person
for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this State,
it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and
such other findings as the case may require and shall issue an order on a
form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics
to establish a record of birth. This order shall include the birth data to be
registered, a description of the evidence presented in the manner prescribed
by § 32-353.17, and the date of the court’s action.

(f) The clerk of such court shall forward each such order to the State
month following the month in which it was entered. Such order shall be
Registrar of Vital Statistics not later than the tenth day of the calendar
registered by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and shall constitute
the record of birth, from which copies may be issued in accordance with
§ 32-353.27.

§ 32-353.19. (a) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall estab-
lish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this State, when he
receives the following:

(1) An adoption report as provided in § 63-359 or a certified copy
of the decree of adoption together with the information necessary to
identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new certificate
of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not be established if
so requested by the court decreeng the adoption, the adoptive parents,
or the adopted person if twenty-one years of age or older.

(2) A request that a new certificate be established and such evidence
as required by regulation proving that such person has been legitimated,
or that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined the paternity
of such a person.

b) When a new certificate of birth is established, the actual place
and date of birth shall be shown. It shall be substituted for the original
certificate of birth;

(1) Thereafter, the original certificate and the evidence of adoption,
paternity, or legitimation shall be sealed and filed and not be subject to
inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as
provided by regulation.

(2) Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption, the original
certificate of birth shall be restored to its place in the files and the new
certificate and evidence shall not be subject to inspection except upon order
of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) If no certificate of birth is on file for the person for whom a new
certificate is to be established under this section, a delayed certificate of
birth shall be filed with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics as provided
in 88 32-353.17 or 32-353.18, before a new certificate of birth is established,
except that when the date and place of birth and parentage have been
established in the adoption proceedings, a delayed certificate shall not be
required.

§ 32-353.20. (a) A death certificate for each death which occurs in
this State shall be filed with the registrar of the district in which the death
occurred within three days after such death and prior to final disposition
or removal of the body from the State, and shall be registered by such
registrar if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this sec-
tion ; provided,
(1) That if the place of death is unknown, a death certificate shall
be filed in the registration district in which a dead body is found within
three days after such occurrence; and ;

(2) That if death occurs in a moving conveyance, a death certificate
shall be filed in the registration district in which the dead body was first
removed from such conveyance.

(b) The funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes
custody of a dead body shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certif-
icate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it with the
registrar. He shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the
best qualified person or source available. He shall obtain the medical
certification of cause of death from the person responsible for preparing
the same as provided in this section.

(c) The medical certification portion of the death certificate shall
be completed and signed within twenty-four hours after death by the
physician in charge of the patient’s care for the illness or condition which
resulted in death except when inquiry or investigation is required by the
medical examiner.

(d) When death occurred without medical attendance as set forth in
paragraph (c) or when inquiry or investigation is required by the medical
examiner, the medical examiner shall investigate the cause of death and
shall complete and sign the medical certification portion of the death
certificate within twenty-four hours after being notified of the death.

§ 32-353.21. (a) A fetal death report for each fetal death which
occurs in this State shall be filed with the registrar of the district in which
the delivery occurred within three days after such delivery and shall be
registered with such registrar if it has been completed and filed in ac-
cordance with this section; provided,

(1) That if the place of fetal death is unknown, a fetal death report
shall be filed in the registration district in which a dead fetus was found
within three days after such occurence; and

(2) that if a fetal death occurs on a moving conveyance, a fetal
death report shall be filed in the registration district in which the fetus
was first removed from such conveyance.

(bo) The funeral director or person acting as such, or in the ab-
sence of a funeral director the hospital representative for institutional
occurrences, who first assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal death
certificate; in the absence of such a person, the physician or other person
in attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death.
He shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified
person or source available. He shall obtain the medical certification of
cause of death from the person responsible for preparing the same as
provided in this section.

(c) The medical certification portion of the fetal death report shall
be completed and signed within twenty-four hours after delivery by the
physician in attendance at or after delivery except when inquiry or in-
vestigation is required by the medical examiner.

(d) When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance upon the
mother at or after the delivery or when inquiry or investigation is re-
quired by the medical examiner, the medical examiner shall investigate
the cause of fetal death and shall complete and sign the medical certi-
fication portion of the fetal death report within twenty-four hours after
being notified of the fetal death.

§ 32-353.22. (a) The funeral director or person acting as such who
first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a burial-transit
permit prior to final disposition or removal from the State of the body or
fetus and within seventy-two hours after death.
(b) Such burial-transit permit shall be issued by the registrar of
the district where a satisfactorily completed certificate of death or fetal
death was filed.

(c) A burial-transit permit issued under the law of another State
which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this State shall be
authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this State.

(d) Burial-transit permits shall not be required where disposal of
fetal deaths is within the hospital of occurrence and a registry of such
events is maintained by the hospital.

(e) A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required
prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by
regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be issued by
the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to a licensed funeral director, em-
balmer, or other person acting as such, upon application filed in accordance
with regulations of the State Board of Health.

§ 32-353.23. (a) The State Board of Health may, by regulation and
upon such conditions as it may prescribe to assure compliance with the
purposes of this chapter, provide for the extension of the periods pre-
scribed in §§ 32-358.20, 32-853.21 and 32-353.22 for the filing of death
certificates, fetal death reports, medical certifications of cause of death,
and for the obtaining of burial-transit permits in cases in which com-
pliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hard-

ship.

(b) The State Board of Health may promulgate regulations for the
issuance of a burial-transit permit under § 32-353.22 prior to the filing
of a certificate of death or fetal death upon conditions designed to assure
compliance with the purposes of this chapter in cases in which compli-
ance with the requirement that the certificate be filed prior to the issuance
of the permit would result in undue hardship.

§ 32-353.24. (a) A certificate or record registered under this chapter
may be amended in accordance with this chapter and regulations there-
under adopted by the State Board of Health to protect the integrity and
accuracy of vital statistics records, which regulations shall specify the
minimum evidence required for a change in any such certificate.

(b) A certificate that is amended under this section shall be marked
“amended” except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section. The date
of amendment and a summary description of the evidence submitted in
support of the amendment shall be endorsed on or made a part of the
record. The State Board of Health shall prescribe by regulation the
conditions under which omissions or errors on birth certificates may be
corrected within one year after the date of birth without the certificate
being considered as amended.

(c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order changing the
name of a person born in this State and upon request of such person or
his parent, guardian, or legal representative, the State Registrar of Vital
Statistics shall amend the certificate to reflect the new name.

(d) Upon request and receipt of a sworn acknowledgement of pa-
ternity of a child born out of wedlock signed by both parents, the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics shall amend a certificate of birth to show
such paternity if paternity is not shown on the birth certificate. Upon
request of the parents, the surname of the child shall be changed on the
certificate to that of the father. Such certificate shall not be marked
“‘amended”’.

§ 32-353.25. To preserve original documents, the State Registrar
of Vital Statistics is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, or
other reproductions of original records and files in his office. Such repro-
ductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record.
§ 32-353.26. (a) To protect the integrity of vital statistics records,
to insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper adminis-
tration of the vital statistics system, it shall be unlawful for any person
to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in vital sta-
tistics records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any such record
except as authorized by regulation of the State Board of Health or when
so ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) The State Department of Health may authorize the disclosure
of data contained in vital statistics records for research purposes. _

(c) Information in vital statistics records indicating that a birth
occurred out of wedlock shall not be disclosed except as provided by
regulation or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(d) Appeals from decisions of the custodians of local records re-
fusing to disclose information, or to permit inspection of or copying of
records under the authority of this section and regulations issued here-
under shall be made to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, whose de-
cisions shall be binding upon the local custodians of permanent local
records.

§ 32-353.27. In accordance with § 32-353.26 and the regulations
adopted pursuant thereto:

(a) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall upon request issue
a certified copy of any certificate or record in his custody or of a part
thereof. Each copy issued shall show the date of registration; and copies
issued from records marked ‘‘delayed”, “amended”, or “court order” shall
be similarly marked and show the effective date. Certified copies may be
issued by county and city registrars only while the original record is in
their possession, except that at the option of the county or city registrar
true and complete copies of death certificates may be retained and certified
copies of such records may be issued by the county or city registrar.

(b) A certified copy of a certificate or any part thereof, issued in
accordance with subsection (a), shall be considered for all purposes the
same as the original, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a certificate or record filed
more than one year after the event, or a record which has been amended,
shall be determind by the judicial or administrative body or official before
whom the certificate is offered as evidence.

(c) The National Office of Vital Statistics may be furnished such
copies or data as it may require for national statistics; provided that the
State shall be reimbursed for the cost of furnishing such data; and pro-
vided further that such data shall not be used for other than statistical pur-
poses by the National Office of Vital Statistics unless so authorized by
the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.

(d) Federal, State, local, and other public or private agencies may,
upon request, be furnished copies or data for statistical or verification
purposes upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the State
Department of Health.

(e) No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports
to be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of birth, death, or
fetal death except as authorized in this chapter, or regulations adopted
hereunder.

§ 32-353.28 (a) The State Department of Health shall prescribe
the fees if any, not to exceed two dollars per copy, to be paid for certified
copies of certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when
no copy is made.

(b) Fees collected under this section by the State Registrar of Vital
Statistics shall be deposited in the general fund of the State treasury.

(c) Fees collected under this section by county and city registrars of
vital statistics shall be deposited in the general fund of the county or city
except that counties or cities in the cooperative local health services pro-
gram shall forward all such fees to the State Department of Health for
deposit in the cooperative local health services fund.

§ 32-353.29 (a) Every person in charge of an institution shall keep
a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person ad-
mitted or confined to such institution. This record shall include such in-
formation as required by the standard certificate of birth, death, and
fetal death forms issued under the provisions of this chapter. The record
shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by such
person, but when it cannot be so obtained, the same shall be obtained from
relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and ad-
a the person providing the information shall be a part of the
record.

(b) When a dead human body is released or disposed of by an in-
stitution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record show-
ing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the per-
son to whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution,
or if final disposal is by the institution, the date, place, and manner of dis-
position shall be recorded.

(c) A funeral director, embalmer, or other person who removes from
the place of death or transports or is in charge of final disposal of a dead
body or fetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other form required
by this chapter, shall keep a record which shall identify the body, and
such information pertaining to his receipt, removal, and delivery of such
body as may be prescribed in regulations adopted by the State Board of

ealth.

(d) Not later than the tenth day of the month following the month
of occurrence, the administrator of each institution shall cause to be sent
to the Bureau of Vital Statistics a list showing thereon all births, deaths,
and fetal deaths occuring in his institution during the preceding month.
Such lists shall be on forms provided by the State Registrar of Vital
Statistics.

(e) Not later than the tenth day of the month following the month
of occurrence, each funeral director shall send to the Bureau of Vital
Statistics a list showing thereon all caskets furnished, and of funerals
performed where no casket was furnished, by the funeral director during
the preceding month. Such lists shall be on forms provided by the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics.

(f) Reeords maintained under this section shall be retained for a
period of not less than ten years and shall be made available for inspection
by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics or his representative upon
demand.

§ 32-353.30. It shall be the duty of any person to furnish such in-
formation as he may possess regarding any birth, death, fetal death,
marriage, or divorce, upon demand of the State Registrar of Vital Statis-
tics in person, by mail, or through the county, city, or local registrar.

§ 32-353.381. (a) (1) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes
any false statement in a report, record, or certificate required to be filed
under this chapter, or in an application for an amendment of any such
report, record or certificate, or who willfully and knowingly supplies false
information intending that such information be used in the preparation
of any such report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof; or

(2) Any person who without lawful authority and with the intent
to deceive, makes, alters, amends, or mutilates any report, record, or
certificate required to be filed under this chapter or a certified copy of
such report, record, or certificate; or
(3) Any person who willfully and knowingly uses or attempts to
use, or furnish to another for use, for any purpose of deception, any certif-
icate, record, report, or certified copy thereof so made, altered, amended,
or mutilated; or

(4) Any person who with the intent to deceive willfully uses or at-
tempts to use any certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth
knowing that such certificate or certified copy was issued upon a record
which is false in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another
person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(b) (1) Any person who transports or accepts for transportation,
interment, or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying
permit as provided in this chapter; or

(2) Any person who refuses to provide information required by this
chapter; or

(3) Any person who willfully neglects or violates any of the provi-
sions of this chapter or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon
him by this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not les than twenty-five
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more
than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

38. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
act are declared to be severable.

4. This act shall become effective July one, nineteen hundred sixty.