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17-85-108. Certificates of birth.
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17-85-108. Certificates of birth.
(a) When a birth occurs without a physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth but with a licensed midwife in attendance at or immediately after the birth, it shall then be the responsibility of the midwife to prepare the certificate of birth required by the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-18-101 et seq. and to file the certificate of birth with the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health in the manner and within the time prescribed by the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-18-101 et seq.
(b) The failure of the midwife to prepare and file the certificate of birth shall, in addition to the penalties prescribed by § 20-18-105, constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license granted under this chapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-85-108
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17-85-108. Certificates of birth.
(a) When a birth occurs without a physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth but with a licensed midwife in attendance at or immediately after the birth, it shall then be the responsibility of the midwife to prepare the certificate of birth required by the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-18-101 et seq. and to file the certificate of birth with the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health in the manner and within the time prescribed by the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-18-101 et seq.
(b) The failure of the midwife to prepare and file the certificate of birth shall, in addition to the penalties prescribed by § 20-18-105, constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license granted under this chapter.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-18-101. Title.
This chapter may be cited as the “Vital Statistics Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-101
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-18-105. Penalties.
(a) The following persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both:
(1) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required to be filed under this chapter, or in an application for an amendment thereof or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record or who knowingly supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of any report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof;
(2) Any person who without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends, or mutilates any certificate, record, or report required to be filed under this chapter or a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report;
(3) Any person who knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another for any purpose of deception any certificate, record, report, or certified copy thereof so made, counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated or which is false in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person, whether living or deceased;
(4) Any employee of the Division of Vital Records or any office designated under § 20-18-203(b) who knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate of birth or certified copy of a certificate of birth with the knowledge that it be used for the purposes of deception; and
(5) Any person who without lawful authority possesses any certificate, record, or report required by this chapter or a copy or certified copy of the certificate, record, or report knowing that it has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.
(b) The following persons s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-105
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-18-105. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.