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        144.29  FETAL DEATHS.
         A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in
      this state after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks or
      greater, or for a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty grams or
      more shall be filed as directed by the state registrar within three
      days after delivery and prior to final disposition of the fetus.  The
      certificate shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in
      accordance with this chapter.
         The county in which a dead fetus is found is the county of death.
      The certificate shall be filed within three days after the fetus is
      found.  If a fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance, the county in
      which the fetus is first removed from the conveyance is the county of
      death.

Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
      144.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.29]

Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1158, §41; 97 Acts, ch 159, §17
         Referred to in § 144.35, 331.611

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        144.29  FETAL DEATHS.
         A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in
      this state after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks or
      greater, or for a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty grams or
      more shall be filed as directed by the state registrar within three
      days after delivery and prior to final disposition of the fetus.  The
      certificate shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in
      accordance with this chapter.
         The county in which a dead fetus is found is the county of death.
      The certificate shall be filed within three days after the fetus is
      found.  If a fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance, the county in
      which the fetus is first removed from the conveyance is the county of
      death.

Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
      144.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.29]

Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1158, §41; 97 Acts, ch 159, §17
         Referred to in § 144.35, 331.611

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        144.29  FETAL DEATHS.
         A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in
      this state after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks or
      greater, or for a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty grams or
      more shall be filed as directed by the state registrar within three
      days after delivery and prior to final disposition of the fetus.  The
      certificate shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in
      accordance with this chapter.
         The county in which a dead fetus is found is the county of death.
      The certificate shall be filed within three days after the fetus is
      found.  If a fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance, the county in
      which the fetus is first removed from the conveyance is the county of
      death.

Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
      144.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.29]

Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1158, §41; 97 Acts, ch 159, §17
         Referred to in § 144.35, 331.611