44:09:01:05Requirements for preparation of vital records.

Unless otherwise directed by the secretary of health, a vital record is not complete and correct and acceptable for registration unless it is prepared on the applicable form and meets the following requirements: (1) It supplies all items of information called for or their omission is accounted for; (2) It contains no alterations or erasures; (3) It contains the required signatures; (4) It is not marked "copy" or "duplicate"; (5) It is the original; (6) It contains no improper or inconsistent data; and (7) If the record is a certificate of death, it contains a definite cause of death, not just symptoms of disease or conditions resulting from disease or injury.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 24 SDR 60, effective November 13, 1997; 31 SDR 213, effective July 4, 2005.