Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3109 – Completion of certificates and reports
(a) Those individuals and/or institutions responsible for completion of certificates or reports according to this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder shall complete all items on the forms provided by the State Registrar. The State Registrar shall carefully examine the certificates and reports received in the Office of Vital Statistics, and if they are incomplete or unsatisfactory, shall require such further information as may be necessary to make the record complete and satisfactory.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3109
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) No claim or cause of action shall arise and no judgment, damages, penalties, costs or other money entitlement shall be awarded against an individual or institution that furnishes vital statistics in accordance with this chapter.
25 Del. Laws, c. 66, § ?7; 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, § ?13; Code 1915, §§ ?813, 815; Code 1935, §§ ?796, 798; 44 Del. Laws, c. 69, § ?1; 16 Del. C. 1953, §§ ?3109, 3130; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § ?1;