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2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 192 Department of Health and Senior Services
Section 192.060 Department to keep vital statistics.

Universal Citation:
MO Rev Stat § 192.060 (2012)
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Department to keep vital statistics.

192.060. It shall be the duty of the department of health and senior services to have charge of the state system of registration of births and deaths; to prepare the necessary methods, forms and blanks for obtaining and preserving such records, and to insure the faithful registration of the same in the registration districts and in the central bureau of vital statistics at the capital of the state. The said department shall be charged with the uniform and thorough enforcement of the said law throughout the state and shall, from time to time, promulgate any additional forms and amendments that may be necessary for this purpose. Suitable provision shall be made, including fireproof vaults and filing cases, for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records and other matters pertaining to vital statistics for which the bureau of vital statistics may be responsible.

(RSMo 1939 9760, A.L. 1945 p. 945 20)

Prior revisions: 1929 9040; 1919 5706; 1909 6664

CROSS REFERENCE:

Vital statistics, generally, Chap. 193

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