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213.146 Maintenance of records relating to vital statistics by various persons.
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Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data
concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. This record
shall include the information required for certificates of birth and death and the
reports of fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy required by this
chapter. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information
provided by the person being admitted or confined but, if it cannot be so
obtained, the information shall be obtained from relatives or other persons
acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the
information shall be a part of the record.
If a dead body or dead fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the
person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the
decedent, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body or
fetus is released, and the date of removal from the institution. If final disposition
is made by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition shall also
be recorded on the certificate of death or fetal death and filed in accordance
with KRS 213.076 and 213.096.
A funeral director, embalmer, sexton, or other person who removes from the
place of death, transports, or makes final disposition of a dead body or fetus
shall, in addition to filing any certificate or other report required by this chapter
or regulation promulgated hereunder, keep a record which shall identify the
body and the information pertaining to the persons receipt, removal, delivery,
burial, or cremation of the body as may be required by regulations adopted by
the cabinet.
Records maintained under this section shall be retained for a period of not less
than five (5) years and shall be made available for inspection by the cabinet or
its designee upon request.
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 369, sec. 28, effective July 13, 1990.
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