Section 146-11-1 - DefinitionsA. Date of Filing. "Date of filing" means the date a vital record is accepted for registration by the Office of Vital Statistics or a municipal clerk.B. Fetal Death. "Fetal death" means a product of conception dead prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother; the fetus shows no signs of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.C. File. "File" means the presentation and acceptance of a vital record or report for registration by the Office of Vital Statistics or a municipal clerk.D. Municipal Clerk. "Municipal clerk" means the duly elected or appointed clerk of the city, town or plantation where the birth occurred.E. Office of Vital Statistics. "Office of Vital Statistics" means the Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.F. Registration. "Registration" means the process by which vital records are completed, filed, and incorporated into the official records of the Office of Vital Statistics and/or the appropriate municipal clerks. Registration is complete when the Office of Vital Statistics or municipal clerk enters the date of filing.G. State Registrar. "State registrar" means the State Registrar, Deputy State Registrar or other designated employee of the Office of Vital Statistics.H. System of Vital Statistics. "System of vital statistics" means the registration, collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of vital records; the collection of other reports required by this title; and activities related thereto including the tabulation, analysis, publication, and dissemination of vital statistics.I. Time Periods. As used in this rule, the following time periods are delineated: "2 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins and any intermediate Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
"5 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins and any intermediate Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
"7 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins. It includes Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays unless the 7th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday; in that case, the period ends on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
J. Vital Records. "Vital records" means certificates or reports of birth, death, fetal death, induced abortion, marriage, divorce, and data related to these records.K. Vital Statistics. "Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates and reports of birth, death, fetal death, induced abortion, marriage, divorce and related reports.10-146 C.M.R. ch. 11, § 1