Vital statistics; birth and death records
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Morris v. Vanderburgh County Health Department (2003)
Most recently applied in Morris v. Vanderburgh County Health Department (February 2003)
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3.
Sec. 17. (a) The local health officer shall collect, record, and report to the state department the vital statistics for the local health officer's area of jurisdiction.
(b) The local health officer shall be the registrar of births and deaths. After making a birth or death record, the local health officer shall, by the fourth day of each month, forward the original record to the state department.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.