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65-2401Definitions65-2402Duties of secretary of health and environment; persons offered employment in office of vital statistics, fingerprinting, criminal history records check, use of information65-2405Appointment of state registrar; qualifications; compensation65-2406Duties of state registrar65-2409aCertificate of birth; requirements; filing; fee for certificate of live birth; parent's social security number65-2410Same; state registrar to prepare and file, when65-2411Children of unknown parentage; report to state registrar65-2412Registration of deaths and stillbirths; official death records; use of verified forms; establishment and collection of fee; duties of cause of death certifier; filing of certificates; Kansas electronic death registration system65-2414Delayed determination of cause of death65-2415Form of certificates65-2416Certificates as evidence; reproduction of records; certification65-2417Certified copies or abstracts65-2418Fees for copies and searches; free copies of certain records for veterans and birth certificate, when; disposition; exemptions; copies, abstracts or data furnished to national office of vital statistics65-2418cVital statistics integrated information system; revenue bonds authorized for prescribed activities by Kansas development finance authority65-2418eCivil registration and health statistics fee fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund; predecessor fund abolished, moneys and liabilities transferred to new fund65-2419Delayed birth certificates65-2420Same; procedure65-2421Same; evidence65-2422aChange of name; new certificate of birth issued, when65-2422bRecords of divorces and annulments65-2422cMinor correction of records65-2422dDisclosure of records; disclosure of child birth information; monthly reports of deceased residents to county election officers; section not applicable to certain records created prior to July 1, 1911; social security number, availability; fact of death information; use of information for maternal and child health surveillance and monitoring65-2423Adoption cases; birth certificate requirements; foreign country adoption reporting requirements65-2425Institution inmates or patients; records and reports65-2426aAuthorization for cremation; when permit to cremate required; penalty for violation65-2427Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body65-2428aPermit for transportation of dead body to location outside state65-2433Registration of divorces, annulments and adoptions65-2434Crimes, prosecution, penalties65-2435Invalidity of part65-2436Uniformity of interpretation65-2437Short title65-2438Notification of person transporting dead body for disposition that deceased had an infectious or contagious disease; form; notification of embalmer, funeral director or other person taking possession of body; confidential information; penalties for violations; "infectious or contagious disease" defined65-2439Meriden's law65-2440Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth65-2429Funeral directors' monthly reports