(1) In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the forms of certificates and reports required by this chapter, or by administrative regulations adopted hereunder, shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.
(2) Each certificate, report, and other documents required by this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the cabinet with due consideration for national uniformity.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 213.041

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • Certificate: means the certificate of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, dissolution of marriage, or annulment as required by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Registration: means the acceptance by the Vital Statistics Branch and the incorporation of vital records provided for in this chapter into its official records. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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 records: means certificates or reports of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage,
    dissolution of marriage, or annulment, and data related thereto. 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

(3) No certificate shall be held to be complete and correct that does not supply all items of information called for therein or satisfactorily account for their omission, except as provided in KRS § 199.570(3). If a certificate is incomplete, the state registrar shall immediately notify the responsible person and require that person to supply the missing items, if that information can be obtained.
(4) All vital records shall contain the data required for registration.
(5) No person shall charge or collect from any member of a family in which a birth or death occurs, any fee for completing and filing a report, or any other act or duty imposed upon them by this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 24, effective July 15, 2020. — Amended
2008 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. — Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
369, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990.