§ 40:59 — Delayed or altered certificates; allowed subject to department regulations

§59. Delayed or altered certificates; allowed subject to department regulations
The acceptance for filing by the state registrar of any certificate more
than six months after the time prescribed for its filing and any alteration of any
certificate after it is filed with the state registrar is subject to regulations in
which the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall prescribe in
detail the proofs to be submitted by any applicant for delayed filing or for an
alteration of a certificate. Notwithstanding regulations of the department
regarding the proofs necessary for the alteration of a certificate, the state
registrar shall permit alteration or correction of information supplied by the
informant with the exception of the name of the surviving spouse on a death
certificate within one year from the date of death. This shall not apply to
typographical errors in the name of the spouse. Other errors may be corrected
upon presentation of an affidavit stating the errant information and the
correction thereto and bearing the signature of the informant, or if unavailable
the signature of a member of the immediate family, unless the information was
taken from hospital or other records, in which case, an affidavit executed by
a member of immediate or surviving family of the deceased shall be sufficient.
After one year from the date of death, all alterations and corrections shall
comply with departmental regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1987, No. 360, §1.