Sec. 19a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-15c). Matching of birth and death certificates.
Sec. 19a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-15c). Matching of birth and death certificates.
To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of birth certificates of deceased persons, the Commissioner of Public Health and the local registrars
of vital records are hereby authorized to match birth and death certificates and to post
the facts of death to the appropriate birth certificate. Copies issued from birth certificates
marked deceased shall be similarly marked.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 13; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 04-255, S. 17.)
History: Sec. 19-15c transferred to Sec. 19a-44 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with
commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and
Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July
1, 1995; P.A. 04-255 authorized local registrars of vital records to match birth and death certificates.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.