New York § 4171 Records; duties of physicians, nurse practitioners, and others to furnish information

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§ 4171 — Records; duties of physicians, nurse practitioners, and others to furnish information

New York § 4171

Law PBHPublic Health

Title 7Vital Statistics Records

Art. 41Vital Statistics

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N.Y. Public Health § 4171 (2026).

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§ 4171. Records; duties of physicians, nurse practitioners, and others\nto furnish information.

1.Physicians, nurse practitioners,\nnurse-midwives, funeral directors, undertakers and informants, and all\nother persons having knowledge of the facts, are hereby required to\nsupply, upon a form provided by the commissioner or upon the original\ncertificate, such information as they may possess regarding any birth or\ndeath upon demand of the commissioner, in person, by mail, or through\nthe registrar.\n 2. No forms shall be used other than those supplied by the\ncommissioner.\n 3. All certificates, either of birth or death, shall be written\nlegibly, in durable black ink, provided, however, that commencing on or\nafter the implementation date under section forty-one hundred\nforty-eight

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§ 4171. Records; duties of physicians, nurse practitioners, and others\nto furnish information. 1. Physicians, nurse practitioners,\nnurse-midwives, funeral directors, undertakers and informants, and all\nother persons having knowledge of the facts, are hereby required to\nsupply, upon a form provided by the commissioner or upon the original\ncertificate, such information as they may possess regarding any birth or\ndeath upon demand of the commissioner, in person, by mail, or through\nthe registrar.\n 2. No forms shall be used other than those supplied by the\ncommissioner.\n 3. All certificates, either of birth or death, shall be written\nlegibly, in durable black ink, provided, however, that commencing on or\nafter the implementation date under section forty-one hundred\nforty-eight of this article, death certificates shall be completed in\naccordance with section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this article.\nNo certificate, whether filed in paper form or death certificate filed\nelectronically in accordance with section forty-one hundred forty-eight\nof this article, shall be held to be complete and correct that does not\nsupply all of the items of information called for therein, or\nsatisfactorily account for their omission.\n