36-333

36-333. Birth certificate registration

A. Within seven days after a child's birth in this state, a person shall submit to
a local registrar, a deputy local registrar or the state registrar, a birth certificate
for registration according to rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The birth
certificate shall be submitted physically or electronically through the state designated
electronic registration system. A local registrar, a deputy local registrar or the state
registrar may accept a certificate submitted electronically without the signatures
required by rule.

B. If a birth occurs at a hospital, the chief administrative officer of the
hospital or that person's designee shall:

1. Obtain the information for a birth certificate, including signatures and social
security numbers required by rule.

2. Fill out the birth certificate.

3. Submit the birth certificate for registration to a local registrar, a deputy
local registrar or the state registrar.

4. Maintain a copy of the evidentiary documents used to fill out the birth
certificate for ten years after the date of submission.

C. If a birth does not occur at a hospital one of the following persons shall
obtain the information, evidentiary documents, social security numbers and signatures
required by rule for a birth certificate, fill out the birth certificate and submit the
birth certificate for registration to a local registrar, a deputy local registrar or the
state registrar:

1. A physician, nurse or midwife who is present at the birth and who is willing and
able to do so during or immediately after the birth.

2. If a physician, nurse or midwife is not present at the birth or is not willing
or able to do so, the child's mother or father or a family member of legal age who is
present, willing and able to do so during or immediately after the birth.

3. If the child's father or other family member of legal age is not present or is
not willing or able and the child's mother is not willing or able to supply the required
information, any other person who is present during or immediately after the child's
birth and who can supply the required information.

D. If a birth occurs in a moving conveyance, the birth is considered to have
occurred in the place where the child is initially removed from the conveyance. If the
child is initially removed from the conveyance at a hospital, the person named in
subsection B shall submit the birth certificate to the state registrar or the local
registrar or deputy local registrar of the registration district where the child is first
removed. If the child is initially removed from the conveyance at any location other than
at a hospital, the person identified in subsection C shall submit the birth certificate
to the state registrar or to the local registrar or deputy local registrar of the
registration district where the child is first removed.

E. A local registrar, a deputy local registrar or the state registrar shall
register a birth certificate if the birth certificate is accurate and complete and
submitted according to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.