Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 1 - Rules Governing the Registration and Certification of Vital Events
Subchapter 9 - The Registration System
Rule 15-5-85-1.9.5
Current through September 24, 2024
The State Registrar shall require new and properly prepared paper certificates and reports for those which are unsatisfactory because they:
1. Are not prepared in black ink, the ink is not uniformly distributed over the characters, or where the print is un-reproducible using current scanning or copier techniques.
2. Do not print straight on the page when printed as paper forms from the electronic system approved by the State Registrar.
3. Contain improper alterations or erasures, or are torn or defaced.
4. Do not supply all items of information called for thereon or satisfactorily account for their omission.
5. Do not contain handwritten or approved electronic signatures as required, or are not signed by the statutory entity in the case of deaths in the public interest.
6. Are marked copy or duplicate, or are carbon copies.
7. Are prepared on improper forms, prepared on copied forms rather than forms supplied by the State Registrar, or are printed on paper which is not 25% cotton bond paper furnished or approved by the State Registrar.
8. Contain improper or inconsistent data.
9. Do not have the certifier's name typed or printed legibly.
10. Are not prepared in conformity with regulations or instructions issued by the State Registrar.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7
