LOCAL REGISTRATION STATUTES QUIZ True or False Abbreviations
LOCAL REGISTRATION STATUTES QUIZ True or False?
Abbreviations TAC = Texas Administrative Code HSC = Health and Safety Code CCP = Code of Criminal Procedure GC = Government Code
Question 1 True or False? A LOCAL REGISTRAR DOES NOT NEED TO CALL ATTENTION TO ANY INCOMPLETE OR UNSATISFACTORY ITEMS WHEN A BIRTH OR DEATH CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED FOR REGISTRATION.
Question 1 = False HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 191. 027
Question 2 True or False? A DEATH RECORD IS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OR AFTER THE TH 25 ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE OF DEATH.
Question 2 = False GOVERNMENT CODE 552. 115(A 1, 2)
Question 3 True or False? A SUMMARY DEATH INDEX MUST BE PREPARED YEARLY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY SURNAME OF THE REGISTRANT, FOLLOWED BY ANY GIVEN NAMES OR INITIALS, THE DATE OF EVENT, THE COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE, AND THE SEX OF THE REGISTRANT.
Question 3 = True TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 23(C)(3)
Question 4 True or False? A GENERAL BIRTH INDEX OR A SUMMARY BIRTH INDEX IS NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IF THE FACT OF AN ADOPTION OR PATERNITY DETERMINATION CAN BE REVEALED BY THE INDEX.
Question 4 = True TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 23(B)(2) GOVERNMENT CODE 552. 115(B)
Question 5 True or False? NO CERTIFIED COPY OR ABSTRACT SHOULD BE ISSUED IF THE SECURITY PAPER DOES NOT INCLUDE SPECIFIC SECURITY FEATURES, SUCH AS A LATENT IMAGE OR A WATERMARK
Question 5 = True TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 28(C)12
Question 6 True or False? IF AN APPLICANT DOESN’T HAVE A CURRENT FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION, THE APPLICANT CAN PRESENT TWO VALID SUPPORTING FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION, ONE OF WHICH MUST BEAR THE APPLICANT’S FINGERPRINT.
Question 6 = False TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 1(13)
Question 7 True or False? THERE ARE NO FEE EXEMPTIONS FOR ISSUING CERTIFIED COPIES OF VITAL RECORDS.
Question 7 = False HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 191. 0046
Question 8 True or False? A CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CPS) WORKER MAY OBTAIN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR A CHILD THEY ARE REPRESENTING.
Question 8 = True TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 1(17) TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 1(22)
Question 9 True or False? LOCAL REGISTRARS SHOULD FILE DEATH CERTIFICATES ELECTRONICALLY, USING THE TEXAS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM (TER).
Question 9 = True HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 193. 002(4) HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 193. 005(H) HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 195. 002
Question 10 True or False? A DEPUTY REGISTRAR SHOULD BE APPOINTED BY EACH LOCAL REGISTRAR SO THAT A REGISTRAR IS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
Question 10 = True HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 191. 022 (C)
Question 11 True or False? NOT LATER THAN THE 10 TH OF EACH MONTH, THE LOCAL REGISTRAR SHALL FILE AN ABSTRACT OF EACH DEATH CERTIFICATE ISSUED AND FILE IT WITH THE VOTER REGISTRAR OF THE DECEDENT’S COUNT OF RESIDENCE AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Question 11= True TEXAS ELECTION CODE 16. 001(A)
Question 12 True or False? THE LOCAL REGISTRAR CAN MAIL A BLANK BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO A MOTHER WHO GAVE BIRTH AT HOME, IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE MOTHER WITH FILING THE BIRTH.
Question 12 = False TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 26(I)
Question 13 True or False? THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO REGISTER A NON-INSTITUTIONAL BIRTH ARE: PROOF OF PREGNANCY; PROOF THAT THERE WAS AN INFANT BORN ALIVE; AND PROOF THAT THE INFANT’S BIRTH OCCURRED ON THE DATE STATED.
Question 13 = False TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 181. 26(C)
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