§338-16 - Procedure concerning late and altered birth certificates.

§338-16  Procedure concerning late and
altered birth certificates.  (a)  Birth certificates registered one year or
more after the date of birth, and certificates which have been altered after
being filed with the department of health, shall contain the date of the late
filing and the date of the alteration and be marked distinctly “late” or
“altered”.

(b)  A summary statement of the evidence
submitted in support of the acceptance for late filing or the alteration shall
be endorsed on the certificates.

(c)  Such evidence shall be kept in a special
permanent file.

(d)  When an applicant does not submit the
minimum documentation required by the rules for late registration or when the
state registrar finds reasons to question the validity or adequacy of the certificate
or the documentary evidence, the state registrar shall not register the late
certificate and shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action.

The department of health may by rule provide
for the dismissal of an application which is not actively prosecuted.

(e)  As used in this section, “late” means one
year or more after the date of birth. [L 1949, c 327, §20; RL 1955, §57-19; am
L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-16; am L 1972, c 66, §1(2); am L 1997, c 305,
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