KRS § 213.011 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 213 / Section 213.011
213.011 Definitions for chapter
Status: in_force

213.011 Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Abortion" means the purposeful interruption of pregnancy with the intention other

than to produce a live-born infant or to remove a dead fetus and which does not

result in a live birth. "Abortion" excludes management of prolonged retention of

product of conception following fetal death;

(2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(3) "Dead body" means a human body or parts of the human body from the condition of

which it reasonably may be concluded that death recently occurred;

(4) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its

mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy;

the death is indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or extraction the fetus

does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart,

pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. This

definition shall exclude abortion;

(5) "File" means the presentation of a vital record provided for in this chapter for

registration by the Vital Statistics Branch;

(6) "Final disposition" means the burial, interment, cremation, removal from the

Commonwealth, or other authorized disposition of a dead body or fetus;

(7) "Institution" means any establishment, public or private, which provides inpatient

medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial, or

domiciliary care, or to which persons are committed by law;

(8) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a

product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy which, after

the expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other evidence of life such as

beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of

voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is

attached;

(9) "Provisional death certificate" means an interim certificate identifying the deceased

and authorizing a funeral director, or person acting as such, to take custody of the

body and, except for cremation, to make final disposition;

(10) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Vital Statistics Branch and the

incorporation of vital records provided for in this chapter into its official records;

(11) "System of vital statistics" means the registration, collection, preservation,

amendment, and certification of vital records and the collection of other reports

required by this chapter;

(12) "Secretary" means the secretary for health and family services;

(13) "Sudden infant death syndrome" means the death of an ostensibly healthy child who

is two (2) weeks of age or older but less than three (3) years of age, which occurs

suddenly and unexpectedly, with no known or apparent cause, and which remains

unexplained after the performance of an autopsy;

(14) "Vital records" means certificates or reports of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage,

dissolution of marriage, or annulment, and data related thereto;

(15) "Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates and reports of birth, death,

stillbirth, abortion, marriage, dissolution of marriage, and related reports;

(16) "Certificate" means the certificate of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, dissolution of

marriage, or annulment as required by this chapter;

(17) "Office" means the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs;

(18) "Hard of hearing infant" means a child at birth with a significant hearing loss which

prevents the acquisition of speech and language through normal channels; and

(19) "Hearing risk certificate" means the certificate that includes questions which

identify newborn babies with a higher risk than normal for hearing loss.