Wis. Stat. § 69.01
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Definitions.
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In this subchapter:
(1g) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber” means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders.
(1r) “Certificate of termination of domestic partnership” means a certificate issued by a county clerk under s. 770.12 (3) .
(2) “Certifier of the cause of death” means a physician, coroner or medical examiner acting under s. 69.18 (2) .
(3) “City registrar” means the local health officer of a local health department with jurisdiction for a city that is a registration district.
(5) “Court report” means an abstract of a court action involving a vital record completed and certified by the clerk of court on a form supplied by the state registrar.
(6g) “Date of death” means the date that a person is pronounced dead by a physician, naturopathic doctor, coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, deputy medical examiner, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse prescriber, or hospice nurse.
(6r) “Declaration of domestic partnership” means a declaration issued by a county clerk under s. 770.07 (2) .
(7) “Department” means the department of health services.
(8) “Direction of the state registrar” means the determination in individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications within the system of vital records.
(10) “File” means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital records.
(11) “Filing party” means any person who submits a vital record to a local registrar for filing in the system of vital records.
(12) “Final disposition” means the disposition of a corpse or stillbirth by burial, interment, entombment, cremation, delivery to a university or school under s. 157.02 (3) or delivery to a medical or dental school anatomy department under s. 157.06 . “Final disposition” does not include disposition of the ashes produced by cremation of a corpse or stillbirth.
(1g) “Advanced practice nurse prescriber” means an advanced practice nurse who is certified under s. 441.16 (2) to issue prescription orders.
(1r) “Certificate of termination of domestic partnership” means a certificate issued by a county clerk under s. 770.12 (3) .
(2) “Certifier of the cause of death” means a physician, coroner or medical examiner acting under s. 69.18 (2) .
(3) “City registrar” means the local health officer of a local health department with jurisdiction for a city that is a registration district.
(5) “Court report” means an abstract of a court action involving a vital record completed and certified by the clerk of court on a form supplied by the state registrar.
(6g) “Date of death” means the date that a person is pronounced dead by a physician, naturopathic doctor, coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, deputy medical examiner, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse prescriber, or hospice nurse.
(6r) “Declaration of domestic partnership” means a declaration issued by a county clerk under s. 770.07 (2) .
(7) “Department” means the department of health services.
(8) “Direction of the state registrar” means the determination in individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications within the system of vital records.
(10) “File” means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital records.
(11) “Filing party” means any person who submits a vital record to a local registrar for filing in the system of vital records.
(12) “Final disposition” means the disposition of a corpse or stillbirth by burial, interment, entombment, cremation, delivery to a university or school under s. 157.02 (3) or delivery to a medical or dental school anatomy department under s. 157.06 . “Final disposition” does not include disposition of the ashes produced by cremation of a corpse or stillbirth.
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