§ 23-3-19 - Extension of time. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-3-19

   § 23-3-19  Extension of time. – (a) The director of health may, by regulation and upon conditions that he orshe may prescribe to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter,provide for the extension of the periods prescribed in §§ 23-3-16,23-3-17, and 23-3-18 for the filing of death certificates, fetal deathcertificates, medical certifications of cause of death, and for the obtainingof burial-transit permits in cases in which compliance with the applicableprescribed period would result in undue hardship.

   (b) Regulations of the director of health may provide for theissuance of a burial-transit permit under § 23-3-18 prior to the filing ofa certificate of death or fetal death upon conditions designed to assurecompliance with the purposes of this chapter in cases in which compliance withthe requirement that the certificate be filed prior to the issuance of thepermit would result in undue hardship.