1. (1) Legal Authority for Adoption of Rules. Under and by authority of Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-2, the State Board of Health does hereby adopt and promulgate the following Rules for the purposes of carrying out Code of Ala. 1975, Title 22, Chapter 9A.
2. (2) Name. The Center for Health Statistics within the Department of Public Health shall be the Office of Vital Statistics as provided for in Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-2.

3. (3) Definitions. In addition to the definitions in Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-1, the following terms are used in connection with these Rules:

   1. (a) “Birth” means “Live birth” as defined in Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-1(7).
   2. (b) “Health Care Provider” means a person licensed in the state of Alabama to provide medical or health services such as a physician, chiropractor, nurse, or emergency medical technician.
   3. (c) “Immediate Family Member” means the mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, son, or daughter of the registrant listed on a certificate.
   4. (d) “Informant” means the individual named on a death certificate as the person providing information to the funeral director for completion of the personal and statistical items on the death certificate.
   5. (e) “Medical Certifier” means the physician, coroner, or medical examiner authorized by Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-14, to complete the medical certification on the death certificate with the cause of death information.
   6. (f) “Minor Correction” means correction of an obvious error such as an impossible date, a misspelling of a geographical name, the transposition of letters in a common name, a license number or address of a medical certifier left blank, or another similar clerical mistake.
   7. (g) “Registrant” means the person for whom a vital record has been filed.
   8. (h) “State Registrar” means the “State Registrar of Vital Statistics” as designated in Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-3.
   9. (i) “Statistical Research” means research as defined in Code of Ala. 1975, §22-9A-21 (c).
   10. (j) “Vital Events” means births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and induced terminations of pregnancy.

Author: Dorothy Harshbarger

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§22-9A-1, 22-9A-2, 22-9A-3, 22-9A-14, 22-9A-21.

History: Filed September 1, 1982. Repealed and New Rule: Filed June 20, 2007; effective July 25, 2007.