§338-14  Fees for certified copies andsearches; transcripts or other statistical summaries of vital records forNational Center for Health Statistics; certified copies for veterans andothers; and corrections on vital statistics certificates.  (a)  The departmentof health shall establish reasonable fees to be paid for certified copies ofcertificates; provided that the department shall furnish, free of charge, acertified copy of any of the records, or a certification of birth, to anyveteran of the armed forces of the United States, the veteran’s wife, anymember of the immediate family of a veteran or the next of kin of a deceasedveteran, when required for use in connection with a claim based on service inthe armed forces of the United States.  Subject to sections 338-16, 338-17, and338-18, the National Center for Health Statistics may obtain transcripts andstatistical summaries on computer tapes of certificates or, without payment offees, certified copies; provided the State is put to no expense in connectiontherewith.

A reasonable fee shall be charged for anycorrection in the items on a vital statistics certificate initiated by theregistrant or the registrant’s parent or representative if the registrant is aminor.

(b)  The department may prescribe reasonablefees for searches of files and records not involving the issuance of certifiedcopies.

(c)  The department shall keep an account ofall fees collected and shall deposit them to the general fund of the Stateexcept as provided in sections 321-1.3, 338-14.5, 338-14.6, 346-7.5, and601-3.6.

(d)  Any fee established by the departmentpursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with chapter 91.  Inestablishing a fee, the amount shall be sufficient to cover the expensesinvolved in searching for, cost of a copy of, or correction of the certificate,file, or record, as the case may be.  The department may raise the fees up toten per cent per year without being subject to the provisions of chapter 91. [L1949, c 327, §18; am L Sp 1949, c 34, §1; RL 1955, §57-17; am L 1957, c 202, §1and c 316, §2; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; am L 1967, c 30, §1; HRS §338-14; amL 1974, c 32, §1; am L 1979, c 159, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1997, c 216, §§5, 13;am L 1999, c 194, §1]