New Hampshire § 5-C-5 - Section 5-C:5 Statistical Forms.
Full text of New Hampshire New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 5-C-5 — Section 5-C:5 Statistical Forms., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-C-5. Section 5-C:5 Statistical Forms.
I. Forms and data fields maintained electronically shall include all facts contained on the national standard certificate forms developed by the National Center for Health Statistics, United States Department of Health and Human Services. As revisions to the National Center for Health Statistics standard certificates are made, the secretary of state shall incorporate into forms and data fields new facts contained on the standard certificates. II. In addition to the secretary of state, any interested state agency or individual may request that additional data fields be added to any of the vital records statistical forms. Such requests shall be granted upon meeting the following minimum requirements: (a) Any individual and any state agency, with the exception of the department of health and human services, shall provide a description of need for the additional data fields. (b) Any individual and any state agency, with the exception of the department of health and human services, shall provide a business plan describing how the additional data fields will be used. (c) All individuals and all state agencies shall demonstrate that they have adequate resources to pay for software changes to the secretary of state's automated data collection system including development, testing, training of users, maintenance, and replacement of statistical forms. (d) All individuals and all state agencies shall provide assurances that any statistical form changes shall not adversely affect any of the data contracts that the secretary of state maintains. III. The secretary of state shall not remove or add any data fields used for purposes of protecting the public health or to conduct health-related research without prior notice and agreement of the department of health and human services.
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What does New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 5-C-5 cover?
Section 5-C-5 ("Section 5-C:5 Statistical Forms.") is part of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Hampshire. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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