Health Department Terminology

Question 1

means a public transportation business, line or system which moves persons or goods from place to place. for the purpose of these regulations common carrier does not include a funeral directors hearse or vehicle

Answer 1

common carrier

Question 2

means a lifeless human body or parts of such body or bones thereof from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death has occurred. the term “dead body” does not apply to amputated parties

Answer 2

dead body

Question 3

means registration of a birth at or after age 7

Answer 3

delayed birth registration

Question 4

means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conceptions, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles

Answer 4

fetal death

Question 5

means the presentation of a certificate report, or other record provided for in this sub-title, of a birth, death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, or divorce for registration by the secretary

Answer 5

filing

Question 6

means the burial, interment, cremation or other disposition of a dead body or fetus

Answer 6

final disposition

Question 7

means any establishment, public or private, which provides in-patient medical, surgical or diagnostic care or treatment, or nursing, custodial or domiciliary care to two or more unrelated individuals, or to which persons are committed by law

Answer 7

institution

Question 8

means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception irrespective of th period of gestation, which , after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscle, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached

Answer 8

live birth

Question 9

means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine in the state pursuant to the provisions of this article

Answer 9

physician

Question 10

the acceptance by the secretary and the incorporation in its official records of certificates, reports, or other records provided for in this sub-title, of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages or divorces

Answer 10

registration

Question 11

the secretary of health and mental hygiene for the purposes of these regulations

Answer 11

secretary

Question 12

records of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, adoption and adjudication of paternity required by law to be registered with the secretary

Answer 12

vital records