34-25-32.1. Report required of certain fetal deaths other than abortions.
A fetal death report for the death of each fetus which has attained a gestational age of not less than twenty completed weeks and which is not an abortion and reportable as such under chapter 34-23A which occurs in this state shall be filed with the Department of Health, in accordance with rules of the secretary of health promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. However, the gestational age specified by this section may not be considered a factor in determining when life begins.
Source: SL 1972, ch 194, §27; SL 1977, ch 285, §1; SL 1993, ch 253, §8; SL 2007, ch 195, §11.