There shall be established in the Department for Public Health, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a vital statistics program which shall maintain and operate the only official system of vital statistics in the Commonwealth.
Effective: June 20, 2005

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 213.016

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • System of vital statistics: means the registration, collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of vital records and the collection of other reports required by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • Vital statistics: means the data derived from certificates and reports of birth, death, stillbirth, abortion, marriage, dissolution of marriage, and related reports. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011

History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 428, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 379, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 369, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990.