The Registrar of Vital Statistics of the Borough, under the
supervision of the Director of the Department of Health, shall keep
a record of all marriages, births and deaths and shall grant permits
for burial or disinterment of bodies and shall report to the Director
of the Department of Health and State Department of Health as may
be required by law.
Every person or religious society, institution or organization
solemnizing a marriage in the Borough shall, within five days thereafter,
transmit to the Registrar of Vital Statistics of the Borough the marriage
license.
The physician, midwife or person acting as midwife in attendance
at the birth of any child born in the Borough and, in case there is
no physician or midwife or person acting as midwife in attendance
upon the birth, then the father or mother of the child or the manager
or superintendent of the public or private institution in which the
birth occurred shall submit via the Vital Information Platform (VIP),
within five days after the date of the birth, all particulars concerning
the birth required by the State Health Department and/or Bureau of
Vital Statistics of the state.
[Added 12-9-1991 by Ord. No. 1,040, effective 3-29-1992;
amended 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1,220, effective 11-8-1998; 6-16-2008 by Ord. No.
12-08, effective 7-6-2008]
All fees shall be as specifically provided in Chapter
34, Fees, §
34-15, Vital statistics.