2021 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 37. Vital Statistics
Chapter 1. General Provisions
16-37-1-8. Prerequisites to Issuance of Birth Certificate; Judicial Review; Missing Child Certificates; Excluded Information

Universal Citation:
IN Code § 16-37-1-8 (2021)
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Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a local health officer shall provide a certification of birth, death, or stillbirth registration upon request by any person only if:

(1) the health officer is satisfied that the applicant has a direct interest in the matter;

(2) the health officer determines that the certificate is necessary for the determination of personal or property rights or for compliance with state or federal law; and

(3) the applicant for a birth certificate presents at least one (1) form of identification.

However, the local health officer must issue a certificate of an applicant's own birth registration.

(b) A local health officer's decision whether or not to issue a certified copy of a birth certificate is subject to review by a court.

(c) A local health officer may not issue a copy of a birth certificate of a missing child to which a notice has been attached under IC 10-13-5-11 without the authorization of the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults.

(d) Upon determination that a person may be provided a certification of death under subsection (a), the local health officer shall provide to the person a certification of death that excludes information concerning the cause of death if the person requests the exclusion of this information.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-16-18(a) part, (c), (d); 16-1-19-1.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.55; P.L.123-2007, SEC.1; P.L.43-2009, SEC.16.

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