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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 181VITAL STATISTICS
SUBCHAPTER AMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
RULE §181.1Definitions

  (33) Report of Divorce or Annulment of Marriage Verification--A noncertified statement only of the registrant's name, date of divorce, and place of divorce as it appears on the report of divorce or annulment of marriage index as it appears on the birth index filed with the Vital Statistics Unit.

  (34) Vital statistics--The registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, distribution and preservation of data pertaining to births, adoptions, paternity determinations, deaths, fetal deaths, suits affecting parent child relationship, court of continuing jurisdiction, marital status, and such other data as deemed necessary by the department.

  (35) Vital Statistics Act--The Health and Safety Code, Title 3.

  (36) Vital Statistics Unit--The office, formally known as the Bureau of Vital Statistics, within the Texas Department of State Health Services, formerly known as the Texas Department of Health, charged with the implementation of the Texas Vital Statistics Act.


Source Note: The provisions of this §181.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective October 8, 1990, 15 TexReg 5603; amended to be effective November 19, 1991, 16 TexReg 6297; amended to be effective July 17, 1995, 20 TexReg 4687; amended to be effective July 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 4904; amended to be effective July 22, 2004, 29 TexReg 6936; amended to be effective August 11, 2013, 38 TexReg 4896

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