Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(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) 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) Definitions. In addition to the
definitions in Code of Ala. 1975, §
22-9A-1, the following terms are
used in connection with these Rules:
(a)
"Birth" means "Live birth" as defined in Code of Ala.
1975, §
22-9A-1(7).
(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.
(c) "Immediate Family Member" means the
mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, son, or daughter of the
registrant listed on a certificate.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(g) "Registrant"
means the person for whom a vital record has been filed.
(h) "State Registrar" means the "State
Registrar of Vital Statistics" as designated in Code of Ala.
1975, §
22-9A-3.
(i) "Statistical Research" means research as
defined in Code of Ala. 1975, §
22-9A-21(c).
(j) "Vital Events" means births, deaths,
marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and induced terminations of
pregnancy.
