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63 OK Stat § 63-1-317a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-317a. Electronic capture of death certificate.

|A. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall make available to all funeral directors and physicians licensed in this state a system to electronically capture the required information and file the prescribed death certificate with the State Department of Health. Access to the prescribed electronic system shall be provided to registered users at no cost. |B. Funeral directors and physicians shall be registered with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics prior to using the prescribed electronic system. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall provide such registration at no cost.C. Registration shall be updated at least annually to maintain access to the prescribed system and shall include training on any changes or updates to the prescribed system or associated forms. Funeral directors licensed in this state shall be trained on the use of the prescribed electronic system to file personal data on the prescribed death certificate. Physicians licensed in this state shall be trained on the use of the prescribed electronic system to complete, sign, and file the medical certification on the prescribed death certificate. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall provide the required training at no cost.D. No later than July 1, 2012, funeral directors licensed in this state shall be required to sign and file death certificates using the prescribed electronic system.E. No later than July 1, 2017, physicians licensed in this state shall be required to sign and file death certificates using the prescribed electronic system.Added by Laws 2010, c. 374, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 70, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-317b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-317b. List of all registered deaths of residents indicated as veterans on death record.

|The Commissioner of the State Department of Health shall authorize the regular transmission of a list to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs of all registered deaths of residents of this state that have occurred within the state and who are indicated to be a veteran on the death record. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall use the transmitted list to identify Oklahoma veterans, as defined in Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for purposes of populating, updating and maintaining the veterans registry established in Section 421 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Social Security number of an individual veteran shall not be released as a part of the registry. The State Department of Health shall transmit to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs the following: |1. Veteran's name;2. Social Security number;3. Date of death; and4. Place of interment, if applicable.Added by Laws 2019, c. 124, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-317c (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-317c. Confidentiality and disclosure – Construction with Section 1-323.

|Nothing in the Death Certificate Accuracy Act shall be construed to alter the confidentiality of death certificates or the prohibitions on disclosure of their contents provided for in Section 1-323 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 2019, c. 305, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1-317b of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-317d (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-317d. Sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI).

|A. When the death of an infant occurs in this state and the cause of death is considered undetermined, a medical examiner shall conduct a sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI) not more than forty-eight (48) hours after the death has occurred. The medical examiner or a medical examiner investigator currently certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators shall interview the parent, legal guardian or caregiver of, or person who last had contact with, the deceased infant and shall fill out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's SUIDI reporting form accordingly. The State Department of Health shall retain a copy of each completed SUIDI reporting form in order to compile accurate and reliable data on SUIDI to aid and inform the policies of the Department, and the Department shall provide a copy of each completed SUIDI reporting form to the Child Death Review Board. |B. As used in this section, "medical examiner" means the Chief Medical Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner or a medical examiner appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner pursuant to Section 937 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2021, c. 264, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-318 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-318. Fetal death certificate - Filing - Contents.

|(a) A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Registrar, within three (3) days after such delivery. |(b) The funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal death certificate. In the absence of such a person, the physician or other person in attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death. He shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available. He shall complete the certificate as to personal data and deliver the certificate to that person responsible for completing the medical certification of cause of death within twenty-four (24) hours after delivery.(c) The medical certification shall be completed and signed within forty-eight (48) hours after delivery by the physician in attendance at or after delivery, except when inquiry into the cause of death is required by Section 938 of this title.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 318, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 110, § 3, operative Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-318.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-318.1. MISSing Angels Act – Christopher and Kendall’s Law.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “MISSing Angels Act – Christopher and Kendall’s Law”. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 187, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-318.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-318.2. Certificate of birth for stillborn child.

|The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to be offered to the parent or parents of a stillborn child. The medical staff treating the stillbirth shall notify the parent of the ability to request the certificate. The certificate shall be available to any parent of a stillborn child upon proper application. This certificate shall not be used as evidence of live birth or for identification purposes. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 187, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-319 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-319. Disinterment Permit - Notice of Disinterment and Reinterment.

|A. A burial transit permit issued under the laws of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state. |B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be issued by the State Registrar of Vital Records to a licensed funeral director, embalmer, or other person acting as such, upon proper application.C. Application for a disinterment shall include the consent of the next of kin. The consent of the next of kin shall be completed by the next of kin in order of priority as established in Section 1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.D. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and reinterred in the same cemetery, a disinterment permit is not required.E. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and reinterred in the same cemetery, a notice of disinterment and reinterment shall be completed, signed by the funeral director and the next of kin, and then submitted to the State Registrar of Vital Records at the State Department of Health within five (5) days of such action.F. The forms for the Disinterment Permit and Notice of Disinterment and Reinterment shall be obtained from the State Registrar of Vital Records.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 319, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 36, § 2, emerg. eff. March 21, 1988; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 63, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-320 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-320. Extension of time to file certificate.

|The State Commissioner of Health may extend the periods prescribed in Sections 1-317 and 1-318 for the filing of death certificates, fetal death certificates, and medical certifications of cause of death in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship. |Amended by Laws 1988, c. 36, § 3, emerg. eff. March 21, 1988.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-322 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-322. Copies of records - Certification.

|To preserve original documents, the State Commissioner of Health is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, or other reproductions of original records and files in his office. Such reproductions when certified by him shall be accepted as the original record. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 322, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-323.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-323.1. Notification system for identifying missing children.

|A. The State Commissioner of Health shall establish a system for receiving notification from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that a person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years of age has been reported missing, for identifying the birth certificate of such person, and for immediately notifying the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation whenever a request for a copy of the birth certificate of such person is made. The notification to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation required by this section shall include but not be limited to the name and address of the person requesting a copy of the birth certificate and the name and address of the person to whom the copy is to be mailed if that person is someone other than the requester. |B. The State Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall jointly establish the procedures and forms necessary for the transmittal of information between the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation required pursuant to the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 1985, c. 86, § 2, operative July 1, 1985.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-324 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-324. Certified copies of records - Evidentiary value.

|Unless otherwise provided in this article: |(a) The State Commissioner of Health shall, upon request, issue a certified copy of any certificate or record in his custody or of a part thereof. Each copy issued from records marked "delayed," "amended," or "court order" shall be similarly marked and show the effective date.(b) A copy of a certificate or any part thereof issued in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, certified to by the State Commissioner of Health or by a person designated by him for such purpose, shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a certificate or record filed more than one (1) year after the event or a record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence. Such certification by the Commissioner or his designee, and seal accompanying the same, may be accomplished by facsimile process.(c) The National Vital Statistics Division may be furnished such copies or data as it may require for national statistics; provided, that the State Department of Health shall be reimbursed for the cost of furnishing such data; and provided, further, that such data shall not be used for other than statistical purposes by the National Vital Statistics Division unless so authorized by the State Commissioner of Health.(d) Federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies may, upon request, be furnished copies or data for statistical purposes, upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner.(e) No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of birth, death, or fetal death, except as authorized in this article, or regulations adopted hereunder.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 324.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-324.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-324.1. Birth, death or stillbirth certificates - Prohibited acts - Penalties.

|A. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following specified acts in relation to birth, death or stillbirth certificates issued by this state: |1. Create, issue, present or possess a fictitious birth, death or stillbirth certificate;2. Apply for a birth, death or stillbirth certificate under false pretenses;3. Alter information contained on a birth, death or stillbirth certificate;4. Obtain, display or represent a birth certificate of any person as one's own by any person, other than the person named on the birth certificate;5. Obtain, display or represent a fictitious death or stillbirth certificate for the purpose of fraud;6. Make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit fraud in an application for a birth, death or stillbirth certificate;7. Knowingly present a false or forged certificate for filing;8. Knowingly provide false personal data to a certifier of a death certificate; or9. Knowingly misrepresent any person's relationship to the decedent.B. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, it is a felony for any employee or person authorized to issue or create a birth, death or stillbirth certificate or related record under this title to knowingly issue such certificate or related record to a person not entitled thereto, or to knowingly create or record such certificate bearing erroneous information thereon. A certifier who knowingly omits to list a lethal agent or improperly states manner of death in violation of subsection E of Section 1-317 of this title shall be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as described in paragraph 8 of Section 509 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.C. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a felony.D. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the State Commissioner of Health or a designated agent, upon the request of a chief administrator of a health or law enforcement agency, may authorize the issuance, display or possession of a birth, death or stillbirth certificate, which would otherwise be in violation of this section, for the sole purpose of education with regard to public health or safety; provided, however, any materials used for such purposes shall be marked "void".E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any request made to the State Department of Health pursuant to subsection E of Section 1550.41 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2003, c. 384, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 305, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 161, § 53, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 104, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.NOTE: Laws 2019, c. 184, § 2 repealed by Laws 2020, c. 161, § 54, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-324.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-324.2. Unlawful acts - Penalties.

|A. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following specified acts in relation to disinterment permits issued by this state: |1. Create, issue, or present a fictitious disinterment permit;2. Apply for a disinterment permit under false pretenses;3. Alter information contained on a disinterment permit;4. Obtain, display or represent a disinterment permit for the purpose of fraud;5. Make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit fraud in an application for a disinterment permit; or6. Reinter the remains in a location other than that specified on the permit.B. A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor for a first offense and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Any second or subsequent offense shall constitute a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than two (2) years, or both.Added by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-325 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-325. Fees for certified copies of records - Noncollectible drafts - Enlistees.

|The State Board of Health shall prescribe the fees to be paid for certified copies of certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made. |The collection of such fees may be accomplished by acceptance of cash, money orders, credit cards, organization or personal checks; in the event money orders or checks are proved to be noncollectible, neither the Board of Health, the Commissioner of Health, nor any of the employees of the Department of Health will be held responsible and personally liable; it is further required that no additional certified copies of records may be delivered to persons on whom noncollectible drafts remain outstanding.A search and a verification of birth facts shall be furnished free of charge to any person volunteering for enlistment into a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, upon written request therefor by an officer of the Armed Forces representing the interests of such person who shall be volunteering for service.Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 325, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 184, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 67, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-326 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-326. Inmates of institutions - Records - Deaths.

|(a) Every person in charge of an institution as defined in this article shall keep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution. The record shall include such information as required by the standard certificate of birth, death, and fetal death forms issued under the provisions of this article. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by such person, but when it cannot be so obtained, the same shall be obtained from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information shall be a part of the record. |(b) When a dead human body is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body is released, date of removal from the institution, or, if finally disposed of by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition shall be recorded.(c) A funeral director, embalmer, or other person who removes from the place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead body or fetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other form required by this article, shall keep a record which shall identify the body, and such information pertaining to his receipt, removal, and delivery of such body as may be prescribed in regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.(d) Records maintained under this section shall be retained for a period of not less than two (2) years, and thereafter may be kept in a form authorized by 12 O.S.1961, Sec. 522, and shall be made available for inspection by the State Commissioner of Health or his representative upon demand.Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 326, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-327 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-327. Information concerning birth or death.

|Any person having knowledge of the facts may furnish such information as he shall possess regarding any birth, death, or fetal death, upon request of the State Commissioner of Health. |Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 3, § 327, operative July 1, 1963.
63 OK Stat § 63-1-329.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-1-329.1. Cremation - Burial at sea - Bodies for pathologic study - Disposal permits.

|Until a permit for disposal has been issued in accordance with this section, no dead human body whose death occurred within the State of Oklahoma shall be cremated, buried at sea, or made unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains. |When the person legally responsible for disposition of a dead human body, whose death occurred or was pronounced within this state, desires that the body be cremated, buried at sea, or made unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains, that person shall complete an application-permit form for such procedure provided by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, in accordance with Section 948.1 of this title, shall charge a fee for each cremation permit issued. The Medical Examiner shall be notified, as required in Section 938 of this title. He or she shall perform the required investigation and shall issue a valid death certificate as required by Section 947 of this title and execute the permit in accordance with rules established by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In order to be valid, each permit must contain an individual number assigned to the particular permit by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. A copy of the application-permit form and the original death certificate shall be filed with the State Registrar. The original application-permit form shall be filed by the funeral director with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Such filing shall occur or be postmarked within forty-eight (48) hours of the death.If death occurred or was pronounced outside the geographic limits of the State of Oklahoma and the body is brought into this state for such disposal, a transit permit or a permit for removal, issued in accordance with the laws and regulations in force where the death occurred shall authorize the transportation of the body into or through this state and shall be accepted in lieu of a certificate of death as required above. A valid permit issued for disposal of such body in accordance with the laws in the jurisdiction where the body died or death was pronounced shall be authority for cremation or burial at sea or to make the body otherwise unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains.Added by Laws 1978, c. 114, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 269, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2011, c. 105, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2017, c. 385, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.