Title 34 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

The funeral director, or person acting as such, when burying a body in a cemetery or burial ground, having no person in charge, shall complete the burial or removal permit. Source: SL 1931, ch 267 , § 10; SDC 1939, § 27.0214; SL 1941, ch 124 , § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0214 (3); S…

The department shall establish vital registration districts throughout the state. The department may consolidate or subdivide such districts to facilitate registration. Source: SL 1931, ch 267 , § 3; SDC 1939, § 27.0203; SL 1972, ch 194 , § 3.

The register of deeds shall be the local registrar of vital records for each registration district in this state. If there is no register of deeds, the department shall designate the local registrar who shall assume the responsibilities of local registrar of vital records. No fee…

If a birth, death, or marriage occurring in this state has not been registered within one year from the date of occurrence, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the secretary of health, and shall be marked "delayed" on the face of the certificate. Each app…

The department shall prepare, print, and supply to all registrars, all software, blanks and forms used in registering, recording, and preserving the vital records, or in otherwise carrying out the purposes of this chapter. No blanks or forms may be used other than those supplied …

Each local registrar shall supply blank forms of certificates to such persons as require them. When a permit for disposition is presented for filing, the local registrar shall carefully examine each permit for disposition, to ascertain whether or not it has been completed in acco…

All records and certificates required by this chapter shall be completed electronically, typewritten, or written legibly in permanent black ink. In case any certificate is not complete or not legible, the department may not file the same, but shall require the person responsible …

The local registrar shall sign, date, and number consecutively the permits for disposition filed at the county office. Source: SDC 1939, §§ 27.0206, 27.0217; SL 1941, ch 124 , § 6; SL 1945, ch 103 , § 2; SL 1945, ch 105 ; SL 1963, ch 149 , § 1; SDCL, §§ 34-25-17 , 34-25-46 ; SL 1…

A vital record may be amended in accordance with rules promulgated by the department pursuant to chapter 1-26 . Each request for amending a birth, death, or marriage certificate, after one year from the event, shall be accompanied by an eight dollar fee to the department for amen…

The department or authorized local registrars shall, upon receipt of an application, issue a certified copy of a vital record to the registrant or the registrant's spouse, children, parents, guardian, next of kin, or authorized representative. The department may authorize others …

Federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies may, upon request, be furnished copies or data upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the secretary of health. Source: SL 1972, ch 194 , § 41.

In addition to the fee charged an applicant by the Department of Health for supplying a certified copy of the record of any birth, there shall be levied an additional charge of two dollars for the first copy requested and two dollars for each additional copy requested. The money …

Notwithstanding § 34-25-52 , the department shall provide at no cost a certified copy of any child's birth certificate, limited to one, upon presentation of a copy of a valid head start enrollment form for that child. Source: SL 1992, ch 247 .

All forms and procedures used in the issuance of certified and informational copies of vital records shall be uniform and shall be provided or approved by the state registrar. The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to determine application requirements for…

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to permit disclosure of information contained in the "Information for Medical and Health Use Only" section of the birth certificate or the "Information for Statistical Purposes Only" section of the certificate of marriage or certificate of…

To protect the integrity of vital records, ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the vital records system, no employee of the state vital records office, local registrar, or deputy registrar may permit inspection of any vital record or …

Notwithstanding § 34-25-52 , the department must provide, at no cost, a certified copy of an individual's South Dakota birth certificate, limited to one, upon application and proof of that person's homelessness. The individual or the individual's spouse, child, parent, guardian, …

34-25-54 Certified copies supplied free for military or veterans' claims--Minors participating in sports programs. 34-25-55 34-25-55 , 34-25-56. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194 , § 45. 34-25-57 Violation of requirements as misdemeanor. 34-25-57.1

No charge may be made for certified copies of birth, death, marriage, adoption, divorce, or guardianship or conservatorship papers, to a serviceman in or a veteran of any war or conflict in which the United States has been or hereafter will be engaged, or veteran as defined by § …

No person, officer, agent, or employee of any other person or of any corporation or partnership may: (1) Inter, cremate, or otherwise finally dispose of a dead body of a human being or permit the same to be done or remove the body from the state without authority of a burial or r…

34-25-57.2 Unintentional issuance of certified copy of vital record fraudulently obtained--Personal liability. 34-25-58 Enforcement and supervisory powers of department--Investigations by secretary. 34-25-59 34-25-59 , 34-25-60. Repealed by SL 1972, ch 194 , § 45. 34-25-61 Severa…

No employee of the state vital records office, local registrar, or deputy registrar may be held personally liable for any unintentional issuance of any certified copy of any vital record fraudulently obtained. Source: SL 2005, ch 190 , § 8.

The provisions of this chapter shall be performed and enforced in every part of this state by the State Department of Health which shall have supervisory power over local registrars and deputy local registrars, to the end that all requirements of this chapter shall be uniformly c…

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding or invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter; and it shall be construed to have been the …

Any electronic list of persons married in South Dakota may be released by the Department of Health or the local register of deeds. Source: SL 2007, ch 196 , § 1.

The birth of every child born in this state shall be registered as provided in this chapter. Within seven days after the date of each live birth, there shall be filed with the department by electronic means if a facility has such capabilities, or otherwise if electronic means are…

If a birth occurs in a moving conveyance, a birth certificate shall designate the county in which the child was first removed from the conveyance. Source: SL 1972, ch 194 , § 6; SL 1995, ch 196 , § 2. 34-25-8.2. Repealed by SL 1989, ch 297 , § 2.

34-25-9 Birth in institution--Attending physician or physician's designee to prepare certificate--Filing certificate. 34-25-9.1 Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required--Violation as misdemeanor. 34-25-9.2 Birth certificate signed by paren…

If a birth occurs in an institution, the physician in attendance at the birth or the physician's designee shall, within five days after the birth, obtain the personal data and the medical information required by the certificate and provide it to the person designated by the insti…

Either of the parents of the child shall sign a document attesting to the accuracy of the personal data entered on it. If the parents are unable to sign, the document shall be signed by the informant. Source: SL 1972, ch 194 , § 10; SL 1995, ch 196 , § 4. 34-25-10 to 34-25-13. Re…