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NY Pub Health L § 4160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 5 - Registration of Fetal Deaths 4160 - Fetal Deaths; Registration.

§ 4160. Fetal deaths; registration. 1. Fetal death is defined as death   prior  to  the  complete  expulsion  or  extraction from its mother of a   product of conception; the death is indicated by  the  fact  that  after   such  separation,  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.2.  A  fetal  death shall be registered within seventy-two hours after   expulsion of such fetus, by filing  directly  with  the  commissioner  a   certificate of such death. In addition, a report of fetal death shall be   reported  to  the  registrar  in  the  district in which the fetal death   occurred.3. For the purposes of this article, a fetal death shall be considered   as a birth and as a death except that, for a fetal death, separate birth   and death  certificates  shall  not  be  required  to  be  prepared  and   recorded,  except  as  provided  in section forty-one hundred sixty-a of   this title.4. Local registrars of each district in which fetal death certificates   were filed prior to the effective date of this subdivision shall dispose   of such certificates in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the disclosure   of information filed pursuant to this section shall be  limited  to  the   mother,  her  lawful  representative  and to authorized personnel of the   department.
NY Pub Health L § 4162 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 5 - Registration of Fetal Deaths 4162 - Fetal Deaths; Burial and Removal; Permits.

§  4162. Fetal deaths; burial and removal; permits.  1. A permit shall   be required for the removal, transportation, burial or other disposition   of remains resulting from  a  fetal  death,  other  than  fetal  tissue,   hydatidiform  mole or other evidence of pregnancy recovered by curettage   or operative procedures or other products of conception of under  twenty   weeks uterogestation.2.  Such permit shall be issued by the local registrar of the district   in which the fetal death  occurred  upon  presentation  by  the  funeral   director  of  a  report  of  fetal  death, on the form prescribed by the   commissioner. The issuance of  such  permit  shall  be  subject  to  the   provisions of title IV of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 4163 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 5 - Registration of Fetal Deaths 4163 - Penalties.

§  4163.  Penalties.  Any  person  who shall release information which   might  disclose  the  identity  of  the  woman  in  connection  with   a   certificate  of fetal death or report of fetal death in violation of the   provisions of this title shall be subject to  a  civil  penalty  not  to   exceed  five thousand dollars for each such release. Such penalty may be   recovered in the same manner as the penalty provided in  section  twelve   of this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 4165 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 6 - Registration of Persons in Institutions 4165 - Persons in Institutions; Registration.

§   4165.   Persons   in  institutions;  registration.  1.  Directors,   superintendents, managers or other persons in charge of hospitals, homes   for indigents, lying-in or other institutions,  public  or  private,  to   which  persons  resort  for  treatment of diseases or confinement, or to   which persons are committed by process of law, shall make, at  the  time   of  their  admittance,  a  record  of  all  the personal and statistical   particulars relative to the patients  and  incarcerated  individuals  in   their  institutions,  which are required in the forms of the certificate   provided for by this article as directed by the commissioner.2. The personal particulars and information required by  this  section   shall  be obtained from the patient or incarcerated individual, if it is   practicable to do so; and when they cannot be so obtained, they shall be   obtained in as complete a manner as possible from relatives, friends, or   other persons acquainted with the facts.3. In the case of persons  admitted  or  committed  for  treatment  of   disease,  the physician in charge shall specify for entry in the record,   the nature of the disease, and where, in his opinion, it was contracted.4. The records of patients or  incarcerated  individuals  obtained  in   accordance  with  this  section  shall  not  be  sold  to any person for   promotional or profit-making purposes without  the  written  consent  of   such  patient  or  incarcerated individual or the written consent of the   legal representative of such patient or incarcerated individual.
NY Pub Health L § 4171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records 4171 - Records; Duties of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Others to Furnish Information.

§ 4171. Records; duties of physicians, nurse practitioners, and others   to    furnish   information.   1.   Physicians,   nurse   practitioners,   nurse-midwives, funeral directors, undertakers and informants,  and  all   other  persons  having  knowledge  of  the facts, are hereby required to   supply, upon a form provided by the commissioner or  upon  the  original   certificate, such information as they may possess regarding any birth or   death  upon  demand  of the commissioner, in person, by mail, or through   the registrar.2.  No  forms  shall  be  used  other  than  those  supplied  by   the   commissioner.3.  All  certificates,  either  of  birth  or  death, shall be written   legibly, in durable black ink, provided, however, that commencing on  or   after   the   implementation   date   under  section  forty-one  hundred   forty-eight of this article, death certificates shall  be  completed  in   accordance  with  section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this article.   No certificate, whether filed in paper form or death  certificate  filed   electronically  in accordance with section forty-one hundred forty-eight   of this article, shall be held to be complete and correct that does  not   supply   all  of  the  items  of  information  called  for  therein,  or   satisfactorily account for their omission.
NY Pub Health L § 4172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records 4172 - Records; Registrar to Transmit Through Health Officers.

§  4172.  Records;  registrar  to transmit through health officers. 1.   When the commissioner  shall  have  so  ordered,  each  registrar  shall   transmit,  at such times as the commissioner shall direct, to designated   local health units or officials  copies  of  original  birth  and  death   certificates  which  have  been  registered in such primary registration   district, and the statistical abstract of fetal death.2. Each designated local health unit or official receiving  copies  of   original  certificates  shall  retain  such  copies  thereof pursuant to   subdivision one of this section as confidential records subject to  such   further  regulation  to assure such confidentiality as may be prescribed   by the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 4175 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records 4175 - Records; Unrecorded Births and Deaths.

§  4175.  Records;  unrecorded  births  and deaths. 1. If, at any time   after the birth, or within one year of the death, of any  person  within   the  state,  a  certified  copy  of the official record of said birth or   death, with the information required to be registered by  this  article,   is  necessary  for legal, judicial, or other proper purposes, and, after   search by the commissioner or his or  her  representatives,  it  appears   that  no  such  certificate  of  birth  or  death  was made and filed as   provided by  this  article,  then  the  commissioner  shall  immediately   require  the  physician, nurse practitioner, or nurse-midwife who, being   in attendance upon a birth, failed or neglected to  file  a  certificate   thereof,  or  the  funeral  director,  undertaker,  or other person who,   having charge of the interment or removal of  the  body  of  a  deceased   person,  failed  or neglected to file the certificate of death, if he or   she is living, to obtain and file at once with the local registrar  such   certificate in as complete form as the lapse of time will permit.2.  With  said  delayed  certificate  shall  be  filed such statements   subscribed and affirmed by the persons making them  as  true  under  the   penalties  of  perjury  and  other  evidence  as  may be required by the   commissioner.3.  If  the  physician,  nurse  practitioner,  nurse-midwife,  funeral   director, or undertaker responsible for the report is deceased or cannot   be located, then the person making application for the certified copy of   the  record  may  file  such certificate of birth or death together with   such statements subscribed and affirmed by the persons  making  them  as   true   under  the  penalties  of  perjury  and  other  evidence  as  the   commissioner may require.4. The commissioner shall file such certificate and issue a  certified   copy thereof to said applicant without fee.5.   The  delinquent  physician,  nurse  practitioner,  nurse-midwife,   funeral director, undertaker, or other person may, in the discretion  of   the commissioner, be prosecuted as required by this article, without bar   from  the statute of limitations, if he or she neglects or fails to file   promptly the certificate required by this section.
NY Pub Health L § 4176 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records 4176 - Records; Correction of Defective Registration.

§  4176.  Records; correction of defective registration. 1. If defects   be found in the registration under the supervision  of  a  registrar  of   vital statistics, the commissioner shall notify such registrar that such   defects must be corrected within ten days of the date of the notice.2.  If  such  defects are not so corrected the commissioner shall take   control of such registration and of the records thereof, and enforce the   rules  and  regulations  in  regard  thereto  and  secure   a   complete   registration in such district, and such control shall continue until the   registrar  of  vital  statistics  shall satisfy the commissioner that he   will make such record and registry complete as required by  law  and  in   the sanitary code.3.  The  expenses  incurred  by  the  commissioner  or  his authorized   representative while in control of such registration shall be  a  charge   upon the city, town or village comprising the registration district.4.  No  certificate  of  birth  or  death,  after  its  acceptance for   registration by the registrar, and no new certificate  or  other  record   made  in  pursuance  of this article, shall be altered or changed in any   respect except to correct errors made in completing the  certificate  by   the  person  responsible  for  preparing the certificate or as otherwise   provided in this article. The commissioner shall provide the application   form for a correction of a record which must be properly  dated,  signed   and  witnessed, or subscribed and affirmed by the persons making them as   true under the penalties  of  perjury,  together  with  such  supporting   proofs as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 4177 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records 4177 - Vital Records; Refund of Fees.

§  4177.  Vital  records;  refund of fees. Moneys received pursuant to   this article may within one year from the receipt thereof be refunded on   proof satisfactory to the commissioner that such moneys were  in  excess   of  amounts  required  by  law.  Such  refund  shall  after audit by the   comptroller be paid by the commissioner from any moneys in  the  custody   of the commissioner received pursuant to this article.
NY Pub Health L § 4179 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 7 - Vital Statistics Records 4179 - Vital Records; Fees; City of New York.

§  4179.  Vital  records;  fees; city of New York. Notwithstanding the   provisions of paragraph one of subdivision a of section  207.13  of  the   health  code  of  the  city  of New York, the department of health shall   charge, and the applicant shall pay, for a  search  of  two  consecutive   calendar  years  under  one  name  and  the issuance of a certificate of   birth, death or termination of pregnancy, or a certification of birth or   death, or a certification that the record cannot  be  found,  a  fee  of   fifteen dollars for each copy. Provided, however, that no such fee shall   be  charged when the department of corrections and community supervision   or a local correctional facility as defined in  subdivision  sixteen  of   section  two  of  the  correction law requests a certificate of birth or   certification of birth for the purpose of providing such certificate  of   birth  or  certification  of  birth  to  an  incarcerated  individual in   anticipation of such incarcerated individual's release from  custody  or   to obtain a death certificate to be used for administrative purposes for   an incarcerated individual who has died under custody or when the office   of  children  and  family  services  or  an authorized agency requests a   certified copy or certified transcript of birth for a  youth  placed  in   the  custody of the local commissioner of social services or the custody   of the office of children and family services pursuant to article  three   of the family court act for the purpose of providing such certified copy   or  certified  transcript  of  birth  to  such  youth in anticipation of   discharge from placement.
NY Pub Health L § 4200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 1 - Disposition 4200 - Cadavers; Duty of Burial.

§  4200.  Cadavers;  duty of burial. 1. Except in the cases in which a   right to dissect it is expressly conferred  by  law,  every  body  of  a   deceased  person,  within  this  state,  shall  be  decently  buried  or   incinerated within a reasonable time after death.2. The provisions of this section shall not impair the right to  carry   the body of a deceased person through this state, or to remove from this   state  the  body  of a person who has died within it, for the purpose of   burying the same elsewhere.
NY Pub Health L § 4202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 1 - Disposition 4202 - Cremated Remains; Disposition.

§  4202.  Cremated  remains; disposition. 1. Every body delivered to a   cemetery for cremation shall  be  accompanied  by  a  statement  from  a   physician,  coroner,  or medical examiner certifying that such body does   not contain a battery or power cell. The person in charge of a  cemetery   may refuse to cremate a body unless accompanied by such statement.2.  Cremated  remains  means  human  remains  after  incineration in a   crematory.3. An institution authorized by article forty-two  or  forty-three  of   this   chapter  to  receive  unclaimed  cadavers  or  anatomical  gifts,   notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  may  prepare  or  preserve   cadavers  in  its  lawful  possession for purposes of research, study or   anatomical instruction and may cremate the cadavers or dissected remains   of such cadavers  after  the  completion  of  such  research,  study  or   anatomical  instruction thereon; provided, however, that cremation shall   be performed only in a retort used exclusively for such purpose. For the   purposes of the provisions of this subdivision, such  institution  shall   not be subject to article fifteen of the not-for-profit corporation law.4.  At  the  time  of  the  arrangement for a funeral performed by any   undertaker or funeral  director,  the  person  contracting  for  funeral   services  shall designate his intentions with respect to the disposition   of the remains of the deceased in a signed declaration of  intent  on  a   form  as  designated  by  the  department which shall be provided by and   retained by the undertaker. Every undertaker,  administrator,  executor,   authorized  representative of a deceased person, corporation, company or   association, or other person having in  his  or  its  lawful  possession   cremated  remains,  except such remains committed to his or its care for   permanent interment, which remains shall not  have  been  claimed  by  a   relative or friend of the deceased person within one hundred twenty days   from  the date of cremation, may dispose of such remains by placement in   a tomb, mausoleum, crypt, niche in a columbarium, burial in a  cemetery,   or  scattering  of  the remains at sea or by otherwise disposing of such   remains as provided  by  rule  of  the  department.  A  record  of  such   disposition   shall   be  made  and  kept  by  the  person  making  such   disposition. Upon disposing of such remains  in  the  manner  prescribed   above,  such  person  shall  be  discharged from any legal obligation or   liability in relation to such remains.
NY Pub Health L § 4209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4209 - Autopsies; Right to Perform.

§  4209.  Autopsies;  right  to  perform.    No  person shall make any   incision preparatory to or during an autopsy except (a) a duly  licensed   medical  physician  or  osteopathic physician, (b) a resident physician,   (c) a medical intern, (d) a student  in  a  registered  medical  school,   dental school or chiropractic college while under the supervision of the   professor  or  teacher,  (e)  an  instructor  of  anatomy,  (f) a dental   resident or licensed dentist while under the supervision of a physician.A physician performing  an  autopsy  may  be  assisted  by  a  trained   mortuary attendant (diener).
NY Pub Health L § 4209-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4209-A - Procedure for Obtaining Identification by Persons Opposed to the Dissection or Autopsy of Their Bodies Upon Their Death.

§ 4209-a. Procedure for obtaining identification by persons opposed to the  dissection  or  autopsy of their bodies upon their death. Except as required by law, no dissection or autopsy shall be performed on the body of any person who is carrying an identification  card  upon  his  person indicating  his  opposition  to such dissection or autopsy. To be valid, this card must be  signed  and  dated  by  the  person  opposed  to  the dissection or autopsy and must be notarized.   The  card  shall measure at least two inches by three inches and shall be made of a cardboard based material. The card shall state:   "I, ............................................................,insert the name of the person opposed to dissection or autopsy) do not consent to the dissection or autopsy of  my  body  except  as  is required by law."
NY Pub Health L § 4210-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4210-A - Unlawful Dissection of the Body of a Human Being.

§  4210-a.  Unlawful dissection of the body of a human being. A person   who makes, or causes or procures to be made, any dissection of the  body   of  a  human  being,  except  by  authority of law, or in pursuance of a   permission given by the deceased, is guilty of a class E felony.
NY Pub Health L § 4210-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4210-B - Certain Unauthorized Autopsies.

§  4210-b.  Certain unauthorized autopsies. A person authorized by law   to perform a dissection or autopsy who acts in good faith in  accordance   with  the  terms  of  this article but is unaware of the existence of an   identification  card  indicating  the  decedent's  opposition   to   the   dissection  or  autopsy  of  his body after a routine examination of the   decedent and his effects has been conducted shall not  be  subjected  to   prosecution  in  any  criminal proceeding nor held liable for damages in   any civil action for his involvement in such an unauthorized autopsy.
NY Pub Health L § 4213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4213 - Cadavers; Delivery to Relatives or Friends.

§ 4213. Cadavers; delivery to relatives or friends. 1. In the counties   of  Oneida,  Onondaga, Oswego, Madison and Cortland, a friend who claims   the body of a deceased person for interment or other disposition may  be   required  by  the  person  having  lawful possession, charge, custody or   control of it to present an affidavit stating (a) that such claimant  is   a  friend;  (b) the facts and circumstances upon which the claim that he   is such friend is based; and (c), that he will bear the expense of  such   interment  or other lawful disposition. If such claimant shall refuse to   make such affidavit the body shall not be delivered to him but he  shall   forfeit  his claim and right to same.  The expense of such affidavit, if   required, shall be paid by the person requiring the affidavit.2. If the body of a deceased person is claimed for interment or  other   lawful  disposition  by  a  relative  and  in  the  counties  of Oneida,   Onondaga, Oswego, Madison  and  Cortland  a  relative  or  friend  after   delivery  or release to, and receipt by a university, college, school or   institute, same shall be given up  and  released  to  such  relative  or   friend.
NY Pub Health L § 4214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4214 - Cadavers; Autopsy by Order of Hospital Authorities.

§  4214.  Cadavers;  autopsy by order of hospital authorities. 1.  The   director or person having lawful control and management of any  hospital   in which a patient has died may order the performance of an autopsy upon   the body of such deceased person, after first giving notice of the death   to  the  next  of  kin  of  such  person,  unless the body is claimed or   objection is made to such autopsy by the next of kin within  forty-eight   hours  after  death,  or  within  twenty-four hours after such notice of   death. In no case shall an autopsy or dissection be performed  upon  any   body  within  forty-eight hours after death, unless a written consent or   directive therefor has been received from the person or persons  legally   entitled  to  consent  to or order such autopsy or dissection. Except as   required by law, no dissection or autopsy shall be performed on the body   of any person who is carrying an identification  card  upon  his  person   indicating his opposition to such dissection or autopsy.2.  In the case of an unclaimed body of a deceased person, the medical   colleges, schools, institutes and universities  shall  have  a  priority   claim  to  the  said  body,  for  the purposes of medical, anatomical or   surgical science and study as provided in this article.