§ 23-3-26 - Persons required to keep records.
SECTION 23-3-26
§ 23-3-26 Persons required to keeprecords. – (a) Every person in charge of an institution, as defined in this chapter, shallkeep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admittedor confined to that institution. This record shall include the informationrequired by the standard certificates of birth, death, and fetal death formsissued under the provisions of this chapter. The record shall be made at thetime of admission from information provided by those persons, but when itcannot be so obtained, it shall be obtained from relatives or other personsacquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing theinformation shall be a part of the record.
(b) When a dead human body is released or disposed of by aninstitution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a recordshowing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the personto whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution, or iffinally disposed of by the institution, the date, place, and manner ofdisposition shall be recorded.
(c) A funeral director, embalmer, or other person who removesfrom the place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead body orfetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other form required by thischapter, shall keep a record which shall identify the body, and informationpertaining to his receipt, removal, and delivery of the body that may beprescribed in regulations adopted by the director of health.
(d) Records maintained under this section shall be retainedfor a period of not less than five (5) years and shall be made available forinspection by the state registrar of vital records or his or her representativeupon demand.