Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 213 - Vital Statistics

• Abortion: means the purposeful interruption of pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a live-born infant or to remove a dead fetus and which does not result in a live birth. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Certificate: means the certificate of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, dissolution of marriage, or annulment as required by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Dead body: means a human body or parts of the human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death recently occurred. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Fetal death: means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• File: means the presentation of a vital record provided for in this chapter for registration by the Vital Statistics Branch. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Institution: means any establishment, public or private, which provides inpatient medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial, or domiciliary care, or to which persons are committed by law. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Office: means the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Registration: means the acceptance by the Vital Statistics Branch and the incorporation of vital records provided for in this chapter into its official records. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Secretary: means the secretary for health and family services. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Sudden infant death syndrome: means the death of an ostensibly healthy child who is two (2) weeks of age or older but less than three (3) years of age, which occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, with no known or apparent cause, and which remains unexplained after the performance of an autopsy. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• System of vital statistics: means the registration, collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of vital records and the collection of other reports required by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
  that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Vital records: means certificates or reports of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage,
  dissolution of marriage, or annulment, and data related thereto. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Vital statistics: means the data derived from certificates and reports of birth, death, stillbirth, abortion, marriage, dissolution of marriage, and related reports. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010