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V.I. Code tit. 19, § 837 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter II - Births|§ 837. Delayed certificates of birth

 If at any time after the birth of a person a certified copy of the record of such birth should be required and after a search it appears that the birth was not registered, the Commissioner shall require the person responsible for making the declaration and presenting the certificate for registration to present a certificate of birth to the registrar of the district in a form as complete as possible according to the time which may have elapsed since such birth occurred. There shall be filed with this delayed certificate all such affidavits and other documents as the Commissioner shall deem necessary. In case the person responsible for the presentation has died or cannot be found, the person asking for the certified copy of the record may present a delayed certificate of birth with such affidavits or other documents as may be required by the Commissioner, all of which shall be filed in the Department of Health. A certified copy of the certificate shall then be issued to the applicant upon payment of the fee as stipulated in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 861 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 861. Permit for burial or removal

 (a) The body of any person whose death occurs in the Virgin Islands, or which shall be found dead therein, shall not be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, cremated or otherwise disposed of, or removed from or into any local registration district (or temporarily held pending further disposition more than 24 hours after death), unless a permit for burial, removal, or other disposition thereof shall have been properly issued by the local registrar or deputy registrar of such local registration district. (b) No burial or removal permit shall be issued by any registrar until, wherever practicable, a complete and satisfactory certificate of death has been accomplished as hereinafter provided. When a dead body is transported from outside the Virgin Islands into the same for burial, the transit or removal permit, issued in accordance with the law and health regulations of the place where death occurred, shall be accepted by the local registrar in lieu of such certificate. In such a case, the local registrar shall note upon the face of the burial permit that the body was shipped for interment and shall also note thereon the actual place of death.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 862 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 862. Certificate of death

 (a) The certificate of death shall at least contain the items of the standard form approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States. (b) The personal and statistical particulars shall be authenticated by the signature of the informant, who may be any competent person acquainted with the facts. The statement of facts relating to the disposition of the body shall be signed by the undertaker or person officiating as such. The medical certificate shall be made and signed by the legally qualified physician, if any, last in attendance upon the deceased, or other local qualified physician, or by any other physician whose duty is to hold an inquest on the body of a deceased person. The cause of death shall be so stated as to show the cause of disease or sequence of causes resulting in death, and only statements declared by the Commissioner to be reliable statements of cause of death will be held sufficient for the issuance of a burial or removal permit.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 863 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 863. Death without medical attendance

 In case of death occurring without medical attendance the personal representative, neighbor or finder of the deceased shall notify the Commissioner, or the local police official in the district, for investigation and certification. If any person shall have reason to believe that any death occurring in the Virgin Islands shall have been due, mediately or immediately, to any fault, neglect, or misbehavior on the part of any person, he shall notify the Commissioner, or the local police official of the district.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 865 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 865. Post-mortem examination

 The Commissioner shall perform or cause to be performed a post-mortem examination in any case where the cause of death cannot otherwise be definitely determined or in cases where there are reasons to believe that death may have been due to a disease the knowledge of which gained by such post-mortem examination would be of importance in guarding the health of the community. No post-mortem examination shall be performed contrary to the wish of the personal representative of the deceased unless there are reasonable grounds to believe that such deceased died as a result of an illegal act or acts or from a quarantinable disease, or from suicide.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 866 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 866. Issuance of burial or removal permit

 (a) The local registrar, or his deputy, shall obtain personal and statistical particulars from the person best qualified to supply them, over the signature and address of his informant. He shall then see that the necessary medical certificate of the cause of death is properly accomplished, and that the other particulars necessary to complete the record are entered. He shall then cause the undertaker, or person acting as such to endorse upon the record, over his signature, and address, the date and place of removal or burial. He shall then issue to the undertaker, or person acting as such, the permit for burial, removal or other disposition of the body. The undertaker or person acting as such shall deliver the burial permit to the person in charge of the place of burial, before interring or otherwise disposing of the body, or shall attach the removal permit to the box containing the body, when shipped by any common carrier, such permit to accompany the body to its destination. (b) If the interment or other disposition of the body is to be made within the Virgin Islands, the wording of the burial or removal permit may be limited to a statement by the local registrar, and over his signature, that a satisfactory certificate of death having been filed by him, as required by law, permission is granted to inter, remove or dispose otherwise of the body, stating the name, age, sex, and other necessary details upon the form prescribed by the registrar, provided, however, that if death be due to a dangerous contagious disease it shall be so stated on the burial permit, before it is issued.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 867 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 867. Record of interment

 No person in charge of any premises on which interments are made shall inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any body unless it is accompanied by a burial permit, as provided in this subchapter. Such person shall endorse upon the permit the date of interment, over his signature, and shall return all permits so endorsed to the local registrar of his district within one week from the date of interment. He shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise disposed of on the premises under his charge, in each case stating the name of each deceased person, place of death, date of burial or disposal, and name and address of undertaker; which record shall at all times be open to official inspection. The undertaker or person acting as such, when burying a body in a cemetery or burial ground having no person in charge, shall sign the burial or removal permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of the permit the words “No person in charge,” and file the burial or removal permit within one week with the registrar of the district in which the cemetery is located.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 868 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 868. Foetal deaths

 For each foetal death a certificate of foetal death shall be filed with the local registrar in the usual form and manner. The certificate of foetal death shall be signed by the attending physician or midwife. The cause of foetal death if known and the period of uterogestation in weeks shall be signed by the physician. Burial or removal permits of the prescribed form shall be required for foetuses which have advanced to the twentieth week of uterogestation. Foetal deaths occurring without attendance of a physician shall be treated as deaths without medical attendance as provided for in section 863 of this title. For a foetus which has not advanced to the twentieth week of uterogestation a burial permit may be issued if requested, provided that a physician's signature to the certificate before the issuance of the permit is not required.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 869 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter III - Deaths|§ 869. Uniform Determination of death

 (a) This section may be cited as the Uniform Determination of Death Act. (b) An individual who has sustained either: (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with the accepted medical standards. (c) This section shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this law among the jurisdictions enacting it.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 891 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter IV - Marriages and Divorces|§ 891. Furnishing copy of certificate of marriage to Commissioner

 (a) The clerk of the Superior Court shall, on or before the 15th day of each calendar month, forward to the Commissioner, free of cost, a certified copy of each certificate of marriage filed with him during the preceding calendar month. (b) The marriage certificate shall contain the following details: (1) The given names, surnames, age at last birthday, date and place of birth, nationality, usual residence and previous marital status (never married, widowed, divorced, marriage annulled) of bride and groom; (2) date and place of marriage; (3) date and place of issuance of license; (4) name and title of officiant; (5) signature and title of local recording officer; and (6) date recorded.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 892 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter IV - Marriages and Divorces|§ 892. Information in marriage certificate confidential

 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information contained in certified copies of applications for marriage licenses shall be considered confidential and shall be used only for statistical purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 893 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter IV - Marriages and Divorces|§ 893. Furnishing record of decrees of divorce or annulment to Commissioner

 (a) The clerk of any court which issues a decree of divorce or annulment of marriage in the Virgin Islands shall forward to the Commissioner on or before the 15th day of each calendar month, free of cost, a certified copy of each decree of divorce or annulment of marriage ordered by the court which became final during the preceding calendar month. (b) The certificate of divorce or annulment shall contain the following details: (1) the given names, surnames, age at last birthday, date and place of birth, race, usual residence, and number of this marriage of husband and wife; (2) type of decree (if annulment, so state); (3) place and date of final decree; (4) place and date of marriage; (5) legal grounds for divorce or annulment; (6) name of plaintiff; (7) party to whom granted; (8) number of children affected (under the age of 18 years); (9) signature and title of local recording officer; and (10) date recorded.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 894 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter IV - Marriages and Divorces|§ 894. Information in decrees of divorce or annulment confidential

 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information contained in certified copies of decrees of divorce and annulment shall be considered confidential and shall be used only for statistical purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 911 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter V - Enforcement|§ 911. Enforcement

 (a) The Commissioner is charged with the thorough and efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter in every part of the Virgin Islands, and is granted supervisory powers over local registrars and deputy local registrars, to the end that all its requirements shall be uniformly complied with. The Commissioner either personally or by an accredited representative, may investigate cases of irregularity or violation of this chapter, and all local registrars and deputy local registrars shall aid him, upon request, in such investigations. When he deems it necessary, he shall report cases of violation of any of the provisions of this chapter to the United States attorney with a statement of the facts and circumstances; and when any such case is reported to him by the Commissioner, the United States attorney shall forthwith initiate and promptly follow up the necessary court proceedings against the person or corporation responsible for alleged violation. (b) Each local registrar and deputy local registrar is charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter in his registration district, and under supervision and direction of the Commissioner. Each local registrar and deputy local registrar shall make an immediate report to the Commissioner of any violation of this chapter coming to his knowledge, by observation or upon complaint of any person or otherwise.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 912 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part IV - Vital Statistics|Chapter 37 - General Provisions|Subchapter V - Enforcement|§ 912. Penalties; revocation of licenses

 (a) Whoever for himself or as an agent, officer or employee of any other person, or of any corporation or partnership, or other association of any character— (1) inters, cremates, or otherwise finally disposes of the dead body of a human being, or permits the same to be done, or removes such body from the registration district in which the death occurred or the body was found, without authority of a burial or removal permit issued by the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or in which the body was found; or (2) refuses or fails to furnish correctly any information in his possession or furnishes false information affecting any certificate or record required by law; or (3) willfully alters otherwise than is provided by section 804 of this title, or falsifies any certificate of birth, foetal death or death, or any record established by this chapter; or (4) being required in accordance with this chapter to fill out a certificate of birth, foetal death or death and file the same with the local registrar, or deliver it upon request to any person charged with the duty of filing the same, fails, neglects, or refuses to perform such duty in the manner required by this chapter; or (5) being a local registrar or deputy local registrar fails, neglects, or refuses to perform his duty as required by this chapter, and by the instructions and directions of the Commissioner issued as provided in this chapter— shall for the first offense, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $50; and, for each subsequent offense, not less than $10 nor more than $100, or be imprisoned not more than 60 days, or be both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. (b) Compliance with this chapter shall constitute a condition in the granting of licenses to physicians, midwives and embalmers, and any violation of this chapter by such persons shall be considered cause for revoking licenses.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter I - Research|§ 1101. Powers of Commissioner of Health

 The Commissioner of Health may— (1) establish psychiatric programs for the purpose of research into and aid of methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders; (2) supervise the administration of those services included in the program which are not administered directly by him; (3) provide such methods of administration as are necessary for the effective operation of the program; (4) extend and improve local psychiatric services throughout the Virgin Islands; (5) cooperate with the Federal Government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality in developing, extending and improving such services; and (6) receive and expend all funds made available to the Department of Health by the Federal Government, the Government of the Virgin Islands, or from other sources for such purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1111 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter II - Sanity Board|§ 1111. Procedure governing Sanity Board

 (a) The Sanity Board shall formulate rules and regulations not inconsistent with law governing its own procedure. (b) All business which the Sanity Board is authorized to perform shall be done at a regular or special meeting of the Board and no act shall be valid unless passed at a meeting of the Board by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members and proper record made of such vote.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1112 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter II - Sanity Board|§ 1112. Consideration and custody of cases during judicial proceedings

 The Sanity Board shall, when occasion arises, consider cases of mental illness and have jurisdiction over and custody of such cases pending the commencement of and during the judicial proceedings provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1113 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter II - Sanity Board|§ 1113. Restraint and treatment of cases during judicial proceedings

 The Sanity Board shall restrain and treat, pending commencement of and during the judicial proceedings as provided in this chapter, apparent causes of mental illness in any manner and in any place it deems necessary.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1114 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter II - Sanity Board|§ 1114. Notice to judge of district court

 Immediately upon the restraint by the Sanity Board of any person apparently mentally ill, the Sanity Board shall in writing notify the judge of the district court of such restraint.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1131 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter III - Judicial Proceedings|§ 1131. Issuance of warrant

 (a) If information in writing and under oath is given to the judge of the district court or any judge of the Superior Court that any person in the informant's judicial division is mentally ill and that the welfare of himself or of others requires that he be placed in restraint, any such judge, being satisfied in the premises, shall forthwith issue his warrant for the apprehension of such person. (b) A notice received by the judge of the district court pursuant to section 1114 of this title shall be considered by the judge as grounds sufficient forthwith to issue his warrant for the commencement of the judicial proceedings provided in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1132 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter III - Judicial Proceedings|§ 1132. Form and execution of warrant; apprehension without warrant; trial

 (a) The warrant provided for in section 1131 of this title shall run in the name of “The Government of the Virgin Islands”, and shall be directed to the marshal of the court issuing the warrant. The marshal shall forthwith take into custody the person alleged to be mentally ill and bring him before the court out of which the warrant was issued. If it appears to the judge who issued the warrant that the person is mentally ill, he shall appoint an attorney to represent such person and shall certify such person to the care and custody of the Commissioner of Health, for such restraint and treatment, pending commencement of and during the judicial proceedings provided for herein and in such manner and place as in the opinion of the Commissioner is necessary; Provided, however, That no such restraint and treatment shall be for a period in excess of fifteen (15) days without the order of the court issuing the warrant. (b) Any person, apparently mentally ill, and conducting himself in a manner which in the case of a sane person would constitute disorderly conduct as defined in section 622, Title 14 of this code, may be arrested by any peace officer, who shall forthwith bring such apparently mentally ill person before the judge of the district court or a judge of the Superior Court. If it appears to any such judge that the person is apparently mentally ill, the procedure outlined in subsection (a) of this section shall apply. (c) At the time of certifying the apparently mentally ill person in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the judge shall establish by endorsement on the warrant the date and time for trial. The trial of any action under the provisions of this chapter shall be in the district court without a jury, unless counsel for the apparently mentally ill person requests a jury.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1133 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter III - Judicial Proceedings|§ 1133. Presence of person in court

 Presence in the court of the person alleged to be mentally ill during the trial referred to in section 1132 of this title is not required, unless considered advisable by the court.
V.I. Code tit. 19, § 1134 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 19 - Health|Part V - Mental Health|Chapter 45 - Mental Health|Subchapter III - Judicial Proceedings|§ 1134. Selection of jury; compensation

 (a) If the trial referred to in section 1132 of this title is by jury the judge of the district court shall issue an order to the clerk of the court directing him to summon a jury of 6 persons from the regular jury panel who shall be residents in the judicial division and jurisdiction in which the defendant resides and who shall possess all the legal qualifications of juries in civil cases, such jurors to be and appear before the judge at the time and place designated in the order for the hearing and determination of the matter. The government and the defendant shall each be entitled to three peremptory challenges to the jury. (b) Jurors serving pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall receive compensation at the same rate as provided for jurors sitting in other civil actions.