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20-18-105. Penalties.
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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
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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 shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both:
(1) Any person who knowingly refuses to provide information required by this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;
(2) Any person who knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or other disposition, a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this chapter; or
(3) Any person who knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this chapter or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him or her by this chapter.
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20-18-203. State Registrar of Vital Records.
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall appoint the State Registrar of Vital Records.
(b)(1) The state registrar shall:
(A) Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules issued under this chapter and issue instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics;
(B) Direct and supervise the statewide system of vital statistics and the Division of Vital Records and be custodian of its records;
(C) Direct, supervise, and control the activities of all persons when they are engaged in activities pertaining to the operation of the statewide system of vital statistics;
(D) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures throughout the state in matters pertaining to the system of vital statistics;
(E) Prescribe, with the approval of the State Board of Health, furnish, and distribute forms required by this chapter and the rules issued under this chapter or prescribe such other means for transmission of data as will accomplish the purpose of complete and accurate registration;
(F) Prepare and publish in a timely manner annual reports of vital statistics of this state and such other reports as may be required by the board; and
(G) Provide in a timely manner to local health agencies, and for public releases, copies of data derived from certificates and reports required under this chapter, as deemed necessary for local health planning and program activities. The state registrar shall establish a schedule with each local health agency for transmittal of the copies or data.
(2) The state registrar may establish or designate additional offices in the state to aid in the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics.
(3) Th
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-203
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 20-18-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.