NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 444

HOUSE BILL 448

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 101 AND 130 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES WITH REGARD TO VITAL STATISTICS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 101-2 is hereby amended by deleting from the last line of the second paragraph immediately after the word "to" the statutory citation, "G.S. 130-64.1" and inserting in lieu thereof the statutory citation, "G.S. 130-60".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 101-5 is hereby amended by deleting from lines 9, 10 and 11 immediately after the word "forward" the words, "a copy of the change of name order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics if the applicant was born in North Carolina. Upon receipt of the order," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics on a form provided by him. If the applicant was born in North Carolina," and by adding at the end thereof the following: "If the applicant was born in another state of the United States, the state registrar shall forward the notice of change of name to the registration office of the state of birth."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 130-37 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words: "The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall conduct studies and research for the improvement of registration practices, and the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of vital statistics."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 130-45(b) is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"(b)      No cremation of a dead body shall take place until the medical examiner has made inquiry into the cause of and the manner of death and has certified in writing that the inquiry has been made and in his opinion no further examination is necessary. This provision does not apply to deaths occurring less than 24 hours after birth unless the death falls within the circumstances noted in G.S. 130-198."

Sec. 5.  G.S. 130-62(a) is hereby amended by adding on line four immediately after the word "Registrar" the words, "on forms prescribed by him".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 130-69(b)(3) is hereby amended by deleting from line one immediately after the word "by" the statutory citation "G.S. 130-59" and inserting in lieu thereof the statutory citation "G.S. 130-60".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 130-202.1(c) is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"(c)       No burial-transit permit for cremation of a body shall be issued by the local registrar charged therewith and no cremation of a body shall be carried out until the county medical examiner shall have certified in writing that he has made inquiry into the cause and the manner of death and is of the opinion that no further examination concerning the same is necessary. This provision does not apply to deaths occurring less than 24 hours after birth unless the death falls within the circumstances described in G.S. 130-198."

Sec. 8.  G.S. 130-63(b) as it appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Upon receipt of the original certificates of birth, death and fetal death from the local registrars of vital statistics, the State Registrar shall furnish to each Register of Deeds upon request a copy of each certificate regarding a resident of such Register's county which was filed in a county other than the county of residence; provided that such copies shall not be furnished in the case of a child born out of wedlock. Such copies shall be forwarded within ninety days, through the local health department, to the Register of Deeds of the county of residence."

Sec. 9.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1971.