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Code · Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes

213.141 Fee for certified copies of certificates or records or for a search of records -

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- Exemptions.
(1)Except as provided in subsection
(2)of this section, the cabinet shall prescribe by
regulation a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5), to be paid for certified copies of
certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made,
or for copies or information provided for research, statistical, or administrative
purposes.
(2)The cabinet shall prescribe by administrative regulation pursuant to KRS Chapter
13A a fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10) to be paid for a certified copy of a record
of a birth:
(a)Three dollars ($3) of which shall be used by the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services for the sole purpose of contracting for the operation of
private, not-for-profit, self-help, education, and support groups for parents
who want to prevent or cease physical, sexual, or mental abuse of children;
and
(b)One dollar ($1) of which shall be used by the Division of Maternal and Child
Health to pay for therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid-based
elemental formula, or low-protein modified foods for all inborn errors of
metabolism and genetic conditions if:
1. The therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid-based
elemental formula, or low-protein modified food products are medically
indicated for the therapeutic treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or
genetic conditions and are administered under the direction of a
physician; and
2. The affected person's therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino
acid-based elemental formula, or low-protein foods are not covered
under any public or private health benefit plan.
(3)Fees collected under this section by the state registrar shall be used to help defray
the cost of administering the system of vital statistics.
(a)No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing certificates of
birth or death required in support of any claim against the government for
compensation, insurance, back pay, or other allowances or benefits for any
person who has at any time served as a member of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, or Air Force of the United States.
(b)No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing a certificate of
birth to a member of the Kentucky National Guard who has received
deployment orders during the sixty
(60)days prior to the furnishing of the
certificate.
(c)No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing a certificate of
birth to a child who is in the custody of or committed to the cabinet, including
a child who has extended commitment to the cabinet in accordance with KRS
610.110(6).
(d)No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing a certificate of
birth to a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700, or a homeless
youth as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2) who is under twenty-five
years of age, provided the homeless individual or homeless youth has been
verified as homeless by at least one
(1)of the following:
1. A director or designee of a governmental or nonprofit agency that
receives public or private funding to provide services to homeless
people;
2. A local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths
designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) or a school
social worker or school counselor;
3. The director or director's designee of a federal TRIO Program or a
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program; or
4. A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education.
(5)The cabinet shall notify the State Board of Elections monthly of the name, address,
birthdate, sex, race, and Social Security number of residents of the Commonwealth
who died during the previous month. This data shall include only those persons who
were over the age of eighteen
(18)years at the date of death. No fee or
compensation shall be allowed for furnishing these lists.
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