Extensions of time by rules.

The department may, by regulation and upon such conditions as it may prescribe to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter , provide for extension of the periods prescribed in sections 144.26 , 144.28 , 144.29 , and 144.31 , for filing of death certificates, fetal death certificates, and medical certifications of cause of death in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2318; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §141.2(2); C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.35 ] 91 Acts, ch 116, §2 Referred to in §331.611