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Title 34
Chapter 34-25
S.D. Codified Laws ch. 34-25
Vital Records and Burial Permits
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34-25-1
Department of Health to have charge of registration.
34-25-1.1
Definition of terms.
34-25-2
34-25-2, 34-25-3. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-4
Vital registration districts--Establishment, consolidation or subdivision.
34-25-4.1
Register of deeds or designee as local registrar--Fees--Deputy, appointment, and duty.
34-25-5
34-25-5 to 34-25-7. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-8
Birth registration--Certificate of live birth--Time for filing--Availability of records.
34-25-8.1
Birth in moving conveyance.
34-25-8.2
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-9
Birth in institution--Attending physician or physician's designee to prepare certificate--Filing certificate.
34-25-9.1
Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required--Violation as misdemeanor.
34-25-9.2
Birth certificate signed by parents or informant.
34-25-10
34-25-10 to 34-25-13. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-13.1
Husband's name entered on birth certificate--Father's name as determined in paternity proceeding or by affidavits.
34-25-13.2
Parents' consent or judicial determination required to name father in birth certificate when mother unmarried.
34-25-13.3
Unmarried mother's surname shown on birth certificate unless paternity acknowledged.
34-25-13.4
Father not named on birth certificate--No other information entered.
34-25-14
Child of unknown parents--Physician to name child and file birth certificate.
34-25-15
Legitimation of child--New birth certificate--Fee.
34-25-16
Adoption information forwarded by clerk of courts.
34-25-16.1
New birth certificate upon adoption of child born in state or foreign nation--Exception.
34-25-16.2
Birth certificate after adoption when birth unrecorded.
34-25-16.3
Adoption information on child born out-of-state forwarded to state of birth.
34-25-16.4
Sealing of original birth certificate and adoption information--Opening of sealed materials.
34-25-16.5
Original birth certificate sealed or forwarded to department after new certificate issued.
34-25-16.6
Copies of birth certificates.
34-25-16.7
Determining mother for birth certificate.
34-25-16.8
New birth certificate for certain crime victims--Sealing.
34-25-17
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-18
Medical certificate signed by attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner--Time for execution.
34-25-18.1
Determination of death.
34-25-19
34-25-19, 34-25-20. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-21
Notice of death without attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner--Preparation of medical certificate--Violation as misdemeanor.
34-25-22
Reference to state's attorney, sheriff, or police of death from other than natural causes.
34-25-22.1
Blood samples taken in violent or accidental death cases--Transmission to laboratory.
34-25-23
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-24
Permit required for disposition of dead body or fetus.
34-25-24.1
Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition.
34-25-25
Fact of death record filed by funeral director--Sources of data--Place and time of filing.
34-25-25.1
Place of filing death certificate when place of death unknown or in moving conveyance required.
34-25-26
34-25-26 to 34-25-32. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-32.1
Report required of certain fetal deaths other than abortions.
34-25-32.2
Fetal death report filed by physician--Coroner to report unattended deaths.
34-25-32.3
Disposition of remains of embryo or fetus.
34-25-32.4
Medical facility to provide for disposal of aborted fetuses.
34-25-32.5
Failure to comply as public nuisance.
34-25-32.6
Disposition of fetal remains--Method.
34-25-32.7
Fetal organ, tissue donation--Circumstances--Consent required.
34-25-32.8
Definitions related to stillbirth.
34-25-32.9
Notice to parent of means for requesting a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
34-25-32.10
Name of stillborn child on certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
34-25-32.11
Fetal death report to be referenced on certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
34-25-32.12
Form and content of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
34-25-32.13
Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth not used to calculate live birth statistics.
34-25-32.14
Fee for certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
34-25-32.15
Certificate may be requested without regard to filing date of fetal death report.
34-25-32.16
Certificate may be requested without regard to date of fetal death.
34-25-33
Burial or removal permit filed by funeral director after final disposition.
34-25-34
Burial-transit permit issued out-of-state as authority for final disposition.
34-25-35
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-36
Records and monthly report of funeral director.
34-25-37
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-38
Cemetery to require burial, removal, disinterment, or transit permit--Promulgation of rules.
34-25-38.1
Issuance of disinterment permit.
34-25-39
Completion of burial permit when no person in charge of cemetery.
34-25-40
34-25-40, 34-25-41. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-42
Delayed registration of birth, death, or marriage--Fee.
34-25-43
Software, blanks and forms supplied by department--Use of forms or exact electronic replicas required.
34-25-44
Blank forms supplied by local registrar--Examination of permit for disposition on presentation.
34-25-45
Legibility of records and certificates--Incomplete or illegible certificates not filed.
34-25-46
Signing, dating, and numbering of permits for disposition by local registrar.
34-25-47
34-25-47 to 34-25-50. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-51
Amendment of vital record--Fee for delayed amendment.
34-25-52
Copies of certified or informational records supplied by department or local registrars--Application--Time--Fees.
34-25-52.1
Copies or data supplied to public or private agencies.
34-25-52.2
Additional fee for copy of birth record--Disposition.
34-25-52.3
Free birth certificate with head start enrollment form.
34-25-52.4
Uniform forms and procedures for issuance of copies of records--Rules.
34-25-52.5
Construction of chapter--Disclosure of specified information on birth, marriage, or divorce certificates--Admissibility.
34-25-52.6
Disclosure of information in or inspection or copying of vital record--Authorization of chapter or court.
34-25-52.7
Free birth certificate upon proof of homelessness.
34-25-53
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-54
Certified copies supplied free for military or veterans' claims--Minors participating in sports programs.
34-25-55
34-25-55, 34-25-56. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-57
Violation of requirements as misdemeanor.
34-25-57.1
Repealed
Repealed
34-25-57.2
Unintentional issuance of certified copy of vital record fraudulently obtained--Personal liability.
34-25-58
Enforcement and supervisory powers of department--Investigations by secretary.
34-25-59
34-25-59, 34-25-60. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194, § 45.
34-25-61
Severability of provisions.
34-25-62
Electronic list of persons married in South Dakota.