The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-25

regulations, forms and supplies as may
/ be adopted by the State Board of Health
/ days after the close of each calendar year
each local registrar shall make return
10 the state registrar showing all phySi-
clans, mid-wives and undertakers who
| nave been registered in his district within
| calendar year; providing, that no fee or
| other compensation shall be charged by
local registrars to physicians, mid-wives
or undertakers for registering their names
under this section or making returns
thereof to the state registrar;
Sec. L. That all experimenting or
managers or other persons iIr charge of
] hospitals, almshouses. lying-in or other
| institutions, public or private to which
| persons resort for treatment of disease,
confinement, or are committed by process
of law, are hereby required to make
record of all of the personal and StatiS-
! teal particulars, relative to the inmates
of their institutions at the date of APP
the State Board of Health, and such
records shall be by them made for all
future inmates at the time of their admiS-
sior, and in the case of persons admitted
or committed for medical treatment of
ulseaSe' the physician In charge shall
specify, Tor entry in the record, the nature
of the disease and where in his opinion it
was contracted. The personal particulars
and Information required by this act shall
be obtained from the individual himself
if it is practical to do so, and when they
cannot be so obtained they shall be Sc
cured in as complete manner as possible
from the relatives, friends or other per-
sons acquainted with the facts. Such
records shall be open to the state regis
trar or his duly authorized agents for in
spection
prepare and cause to have printed and
supply to all of the registrars, all blanks
and forms used in registering, recording
and preserving the records, in other
wise carrying out the purposes of this act
and shall prepare and issue such detailed
informa ton as may be required to secure
the uniform observance of it's provisions,
and the maintenance of a perfect system
of registration, and no other blanks shall
be used than those supplied by the state
registrar. He shall carefully examine the
certificates received monthly from the
local registrars and if any such are in
complete or unsatisfactory he shall re-
quire such further information to be fur
niShed as may be necessary to make the
records complete and satisfactory and all
physicians, nid-wives, informants or UNI
dertakers connected with any case, and
all other persons having knowledge of the
facts are hereby required to furnish such
information as they may possess regard
ing any birth or death upon the demand or
the state registrar in person. by mail or
through the local registrar. He shall
further arrange and permanently preserve
the certificates in systematic manner
and shall prepare and maintain a COM
prehensiVe and continuous card index of
all births and deaths registered. The cards
to show the name of the child or deceased,
place and date of birth or death number
of certificates and the place in which it is
contained. He shall inform all registrars
what diseases are to be considered com
municable and dangerous to the public
health decided by the State Board of
Health, in order that when deaths occur
be taken.
Sec. a. That each local registrar shall
be entitled to be paid the sum of twenty
five cents for each birth or each death
certificate properly and completely made
out and registered with him. and correctly
recorded and duly returned by him to the
state registrar, as required by this act.
And in case no births or deaths were reg
istered during any month, the local regis
trar shall be entitled to be paid he
of twenty-five cents for each port to
that effect promptly made in accordance
wi nANahlP
registrars under the provisions of this act
shall be paid by the treasurer of the
county, in which the registration districts
are located, upon certification by the state
registrar. And the state registrar shall
periodically certify to the treasurer of the
several counties the number of births and
deaths registered, with the names of the
| local registrars and the amounts due each
at the rates fixed herein.
Sec. IS. That the state registrar, shall
upon request furnish any applicant GER
titled copy of the record of any birth or
death registered under the provisions of
this act, for the making and certification
of which he shall be entitled to a fee of
fifty cents, to be paid by the applicant,
except that one certified copy of the
| record of death of soldiers, sailors or ma
navy of the United States at the time of
war shall be furnished without charge
| when requested for the purpose of making
claims for pensions, and any such copy of
! the record of birth or death, when prop
erly certified by the state registrar to be
! a true COPY thereof shall be prima facie
| evidence in all courts and places of the
facts stated therein. For any search of
| the files and records when no certified
| copy is made the state registrar shall be
| entitled to fee of % cents for each hour
| paid by the applicant; provided, that the
| State Tax Commission shall be per
mttted to examine the death record with
out charge Tor the purpose OF deterfnln-
| ing the liability for inheritance tax. The
state registrar shall keep true and cor
| rect account of all fees by him received
under these provisions, and turn the same
/ over to the state treasurer.
Sec. Is. That if any physician who was
| in medical attendance upon any deceased
person at the time of death shall neglect
| or refuse to make out and deliver to the
| charge of the interment, removal or other
disposition of the body. upon request, the
! herein provided for, he shall be deemed
guilty of a miSdemeanor and upon con-
/ viction thereof shall be fined not less than
| five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.
And if any physician shall knowingly
| make false certification of the cause of
| death in any case, he shall be deemed
| guilty of a fnisdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not less than
| fifty dollars nor more than two hundred
| dollars. And any physician or midwife
| in attendance upon case of confinement,
or any other person charged with the re-
| sponsbility for reporting births. as pro-
vided in section 10 of this act, who shall
| neglect or refuse to file proper certi-
| ficate of birth with the local registrar,
within the time required by this act shall
be deemed guilty of a miSdemeanor, and
| upon conviction thereof shall be fined
| not less than five dollars and not more
than fifty dollars. And if any undertaken,
sexton, or other person, shall inter, re-
move, or otherwise dispose of the body
| of any deceased person without having
received a burial or removal permit as
| herein provided he shall be deemed guilty
| of miSdemeanor, and upon conviction
| thereof shall be fined not less than twenty
| dollars nor more than one hundred dol
! lars. And any registrar, or Sub-regiStrar,
| who shall neglect fail to enforce the
! provisions of this act in his district, or
| shall neglect or refuse to perform any of
| the duties imposed upon him by this act.
| shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than ten dollars nor more than
| one hundred dollars. And any
| person who shall willfully alter
any certificate of birth death or
/ af Of