Ā§338-16Ā  Procedure concerning late andaltered birth certificates.Ā  (a)Ā  Birth certificates registered one year ormore after the date of birth, and certificates which have been altered afterbeing filed with the department of health, shall contain the date of the latefiling and the date of the alteration and be marked distinctly ā€œlateā€ orā€œalteredā€.

(b)Ā  A summary statement of the evidencesubmitted in support of the acceptance for late filing or the alteration shallbe endorsed on the certificates.

(c)Ā  Such evidence shall be kept in a specialpermanent file.

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

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

(e)Ā  As used in this section, ā€œlateā€ means oneyear or more after the date of birth. [L 1949, c 327, Ā§20; RL 1955, Ā§57-19; amL Sp 1959 2d, c 1, Ā§19; HRS Ā§338-16; am L 1972, c 66, Ā§1(2); am L 1997, c 305,Ā§3]