2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 37. VITAL STATISTICS
CHAPTER 2. Certification of Births
16-37-2-9. Permanent record; public inspection; adoptee birth records
Sec. 9. (a) The local health officer shall make a permanent record of the following from a birth certificate:
(1) Name.
(2) Sex.
(3) Date of birth.
(4) Place of birth.
(5) Name of the parents.
(6) Birthplace of the parents.
(7) The date of filing of the certificate of birth.
(8) The person in attendance at the birth.
(9) Location of the birth, including whether the birth occurred at a hospital, licensed health care facility, home, or other non-health care facility.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the permanent record shall be open to public inspection.
(c) The birth record of an adopted child remains subject to the confidentiality provisions of IC 31-19 regarding the release of adoption information.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-16-6.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.46-1995, SEC.64; P.L.133-1995, SEC.15; P.L.1-1997, SEC.94; P.L.257-1997(ss), SEC.32; P.L.2-1998, SEC.60; P.L.232-2013, SEC.5.
