Reference is to Introduced Version.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Section 44-63-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 44-63-40.
(A) The State Registrar must
appoint the chief administrative officer of each county health
department as the county registrar. All persons in the county
required by law to file reports of birth, death, and fetal death
must transmit these reports to the State Registrar at intervals
prescribed by the State Registrar. The county registrar may
appoint a deputy registrar who is vested with the right to carry
on the duties of the office. The county registrar and deputy
registrar must carry out the duties formerly carried out by
local registrars without additional compensation. The county
registrar must appoint a subregistrar for each hospital, nursing
home, and other institution as required within the county whose
duty it is to issue Burial-Removal-Transit Permits for deaths
occurring at the hospitals, nursing homes, and other
institutions. The county registrar must require the coroner of
the county to issue Burial-Removal-Transit Permits for deaths
occurring outside hospitals, nursing homes, or other
institutions.
(B) No
coroner or medical examiner may charge a fee for a
Burial-Removal-Transit Permit."
/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.