Chapter 25 - VITAL RECORDS AND BURIAL PERMITS

Section 34-25-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 7/1/2024]
Section 34-25-1 - Department of Health to have charge of registration
Section 34-25-1.1 - Definition of terms
Section 34-25-2, 34-25-3 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-4 - Vital registration districts-Establishment, consolidation or subdivision
Section 34-25-4.1 - Register of deeds or designee as local registrar-Fees-Deputy, appointment, and duty
Section 34-25-5 to 34-25-7 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-8 - Birth registration-Certificate of live birth-Time for filing-Availability of records
Section 34-25-8.1 - Birth in moving conveyance
Section 34-25-8.2 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-9 - Birth in institution-Attending physician or physician's designee to prepare certificate-Filing certificate
Section 34-25-9.1 - Birth outside institution-Persons responsible for certificate-Evidence required-Violation as misdemeanor
Section 34-25-9.2 - Birth certificate signed by parents or informant
Section 34-25-10 to 34-25-13 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-13.1 - Husband's name entered on birth certificate-Father's name as determined in paternity proceeding or by affidavits
Section 34-25-13.2 - Parents' consent or judicial determination required to name father in birth certificate when mother unmarried
Section 34-25-13.3 - Unmarried mother's surname shown on birth certificate unless paternity acknowledged
Section 34-25-13.4 - Father not named on birth certificate-No other information entered
Section 34-25-14 - Child of unknown parents-Physician to name child and file birth certificate
Section 34-25-15 - Legitimation of child-New birth certificate-Fee
Section 34-25-16 - Adoption information forwarded by clerk of courts
Section 34-25-16.1 - New birth certificate upon adoption of child born in state or foreign nation-Exception
Section 34-25-16.2 - Birth certificate after adoption when birth unrecorded
Section 34-25-16.3 - Adoption information on child born out-of-state forwarded to state of birth
Section 34-25-16.4 - Sealing of original birth certificate and adoption information-Opening of sealed materials
Section 34-25-16.5 - Original birth certificate sealed or forwarded to department after new certificate issued
Section 34-25-16.6 - Copies of birth certificates
Section 34-25-16.7 - Determining mother for birth certificate
Section 34-25-16.8 - New birth certificate for certain crime victims-Sealing
Section 34-25-17 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-18 - Medical certificate signed by attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner-Time for execution
Section 34-25-18.1 - Determination of death
Section 34-25-19, 34-25-20 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-21 - Notice of death without attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner-Preparation of medical certificate-Violation as misdemeanor
Section 34-25-22 - Reference to state's attorney, sheriff, or police of death from other than natural causes
Section 34-25-22.1 - Blood samples taken in violent or accidental death cases-Transmission to laboratory
Section 34-25-23 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-24 - Permit required for disposition of dead body or fetus
Section 34-25-24.1 - Notice to funeral director-Communicable disease or condition
Section 34-25-25 - Fact of death record filed by funeral director-Sources of data-Place and time of filing
Section 34-25-25.1 - Place of filing death certificate when place of death unknown or in moving conveyance required
Section 34-25-26 to 34-25-32 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-32.1 - Report required of certain fetal deaths other than abortions
Section 34-25-32.2 - Fetal death report filed by physician-Coroner to report unattended deaths
Section 34-25-32.3 - Disposition of remains of embryo or fetus
Section 34-25-32.4 - Medical facility to provide for disposal of aborted fetuses
Section 34-25-32.5 - Failure to comply as public nuisance
Section 34-25-32.6 - Disposition of fetal remains-Method
Section 34-25-32.7 - Fetal organ, tissue donation-Circumstances-Consent required
Section 34-25-32.8 - Definitions related to stillbirth
Section 34-25-32.9 - Notice to parent of means for requesting a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
Section 34-25-32.10 - Name of stillborn child on certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
Section 34-25-32.11 - Fetal death report to be referenced on certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
Section 34-25-32.12 - Form and content of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
Section 34-25-32.13 - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth not used to calculate live birth statistics
Section 34-25-32.14 - Fee for certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
Section 34-25-32.15 - Certificate may be requested without regard to filing date of fetal death report
Section 34-25-32.16 - Certificate may be requested without regard to date of fetal death
Section 34-25-33 - Burial or removal permit filed by funeral director after final disposition
Section 34-25-34 - Burial-transit permit issued out-of-state as authority for final disposition
Section 34-25-35 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-36 - Records and monthly report of funeral director
Section 34-25-37 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-38 - Cemetery to require burial, removal, disinterment, or transit permit-Promulgation of rules
Section 34-25-38.1 - Issuance of disinterment permit
Section 34-25-39 - Completion of burial permit when no person in charge of cemetery
Section 34-25-40, 34-25-41 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-42 - Delayed registration of birth, death, or marriage-Fee
Section 34-25-43 - Software, blanks and forms supplied by department-Use of forms or exact electronic replicas required
Section 34-25-44 - Blank forms supplied by local registrar-Examination of permit for disposition on presentation
Section 34-25-45 - Legibility of records and certificates-Incomplete or illegible certificates not filed
Section 34-25-46 - Signing, dating, and numbering of permits for disposition by local registrar
Section 34-25-47 to 34-25-50 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-51 - Amendment of vital record-Fee for delayed amendment
Section 34-25-52 - Copies of certified or informational records supplied by department or local registrars-Application-Time-Fees
Section 34-25-52.1 - Copies or data supplied to public or private agencies
Section 34-25-52.2 - Additional fee for copy of birth record-Disposition
Section 34-25-52.3 - Free birth certificate with head start enrollment form
Section 34-25-52.4 - Uniform forms and procedures for issuance of copies of records-Rules
Section 34-25-52.5 - Construction of chapter-Disclosure of specified information on birth, marriage, or divorce certificates-Admissibility
Section 34-25-52.6 - Disclosure of information in or inspection or copying of vital record-Authorization of chapter or court
Section 34-25-53 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-54 - Certified copies supplied free for military or veterans' claims-Minors participating in sports programs
Section 34-25-55, 34-25-56 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-57 - Violation of requirements as misdemeanor
Section 34-25-57.1 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-57.2 - Unintentional issuance of certified copy of vital record fraudulently obtained-Personal liability
Section 34-25-58 - Enforcement and supervisory powers of department-Investigations by secretary
Section 34-25-59, 34-25-60 - [Repealed]
Section 34-25-61 - Severability of provisions
Section 34-25-62 - Electronic list of persons married in South Dakota