Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 3 > Article 2 - Registration Officials

• Certificate: means a record that documents a birth or death. See Arizona Laws 36-301
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-301
• Fetal death: means the cessation of life before the complete expulsion or extraction of an unborn child from the child's mother that is evidenced by the absence of breathing, heartbeat, umbilical cord pulsation or definite voluntary muscle movement after expulsion or extraction. See Arizona Laws 36-301
• Issue: means :

  (a) To provide a copy of a registered certificate. See Arizona Laws 36-301

• Register: means to assign an official state number and to incorporate into the state registrar's official records. See Arizona Laws 36-301
• Submit: means to present, physically or electronically, a certificate, evidentiary document or form provided for in this chapter to a local registrar, a deputy local registrar or the state registrar. See Arizona Laws 36-301
• System of vital records: means the statewide processes and procedures for:

  (a) Electronically or physically collecting, creating, registering, maintaining, copying and preserving vital records. See Arizona Laws 36-301