Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-2405

  • Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-2401
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Vital statistics: includes the registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, and preservation of data pertaining to birth, adoption, legitimation, death, stillbirth, marriage, divorce, annulment of marriage, induced termination of pregnancy, and data incidental thereto. See Kansas Statutes 65-2401

The secretary shall appoint a state registrar of vital statistics who shall be qualified under Kansas civil service law and the state registrar shall be certified to the secretary of state. His compensation will be fixed in accordance with the salary schedules established as authorized by the Kansas civil service act and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.