Vital Statistics Act

Kentucky · Vital Statistics · §§ 213.010 to 213.991 · 76 sections

Overview

The Vital Statistics Act governs the official recording of life events — births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, paternity determinations, and terminations of pregnancy — and creates a centralized vital statistics program headed by a state registrar, supported by local and deputy registrars and implemented through administrative regulations. It requires the timely filing of birth and death certificates, specifies who must report and what each record must contain, and provides procedures for delayed, amended, presumptive, and newly established certificates, including sealing original records after adoption or a change in parentage. It also regulates conduct that depends on those records, such as authorizing burial, cremation, disinterment, and the disposition of unclaimed or fetal remains, and directs that certain reported data be compiled into public statistical reports.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 18 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 140 N.J. 120 - Gubernat v. Deremer

Sections covered

KRS 213.010Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.011Definitions for chapter
KRS 213.016Vital statistics program
KRS 213.020Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.021Administrative regulations
KRS 213.026State registrar
KRS 213.030Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.031Duties of state registrar
KRS 213.036Local registrars -- Deputy registrars -- Services provided by local registrars and local health departments
KRS 213.040Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.041National uniformity of documents1 cite
KRS 213.046Registration of births required -- Establishment of paternity -- Duties of institution and cabinet -- Contents of birth certificate6 cites
KRS 213.047Payment for completed affidavit-of-paternity form
KRS 213.049Contents of paternity judgment order -- Transmittal to registrar
KRS 213.050Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.051Information reported by person who assumes custody of live-born infant of unknown parentage
KRS 213.053Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.055Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.056Filing of delayed birth certificate
KRS 213.060Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.061Flagged birth certificate of child reported missing
KRS 213.066Reports of adoptions and annulments or amendments of adoptions
KRS 213.070Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.071Establishment of new birth certificate for person born in Commonwealth -- Findings of paternity reported -- Procedure when judgment or acknowledgment of paternity is reversed or modified -- Copies of original birth certificate sealed -- Birth certificate for adopted child1 cite
KRS 213.075Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.076Certificate of death or provisional certificate of death required to be filed -- Method of filing -- Notice of military burial rights -- Medical certification of cause of death -- Contents of certificate -- Supplemental report -- Verification-of-death statements -- Interment or other disposition of body prohibited unless accompanied by copy of certificate -- Authorization for disinterment -- Change in death certificate3 cites
KRS 213.078Repealed, 2008
KRS 213.080Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.081Permit to cremate or transport body -- Simultaneous cremation2 cites
KRS 213.086"Presumptive" death certificate
KRS 213.090Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.091"Delayed" death certificate
KRS 213.096Combination birth-death or stillbirth certificate -- Completion of form
KRS 213.098Disclosure regarding fetal remains -- Forms -- Prohibited activities
KRS 213.100Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.101Abortion required to be reported to Vital Statistics Branch -- Contents of report -- Public report by Vital Statistics Branch -- Administrative regulations -- Audit by Inspector General
KRS 213.105Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.106Use of induced termination of pregnancy reports
KRS 213.110Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.111Loan of unclaimed bodies to hospital or institution of higher learning
KRS 213.116Collection of data relating to marriages, divorces, and annulments
KRS 213.120Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.121Amendment of certificate or report3 cites
KRS 213.122Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.125Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.126Preservation of vital records
KRS 213.130Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.131Inspection of records -- Public records
KRS 213.136Certified copy of a vital record
KRS 213.140Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.141Fee for certified copies of certificates or records or for a search of records -- Exemptions
KRS 213.143Repealed, 2018
KRS 213.146Maintenance of records relating to vital statistics by various persons
KRS 213.150Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.151Furnishing of information to complete a vital record
KRS 213.156Application of the provisions of this chapter
KRS 213.160Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.161Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program -- Collection of a tissue sample during autopsy, conditions
KRS 213.166Short title
KRS 213.170Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.172Report on prescriptions for abortion-inducing drugs -- Failure to comply -- Administrative regulations
KRS 213.174Report forms -- Annual statistical report -- Public records -- Confidentiality of identity -- Communication of reporting requirements
KRS 213.176Information and statement
KRS 213.180Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.190Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.195Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.200Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.210Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.320Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.330Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.340Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.400Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.410Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.420Burial of homicide victims -- Application to Circuit Court if burial refused
KRS 213.990Repealed, 1990
KRS 213.991Penalties2 cites

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