(a) To amend a birth certificate, application may be made by:

1. (1) One (1) of the parents if the registrant is under age eighteen (18);
2. (2) The guardian;
3. (3) The registrant if he or she is age eighteen (18) years or over; or
4. (4) The individual responsible for filing the certificate.

(b)

1. (1) To amend a death certificate, application may be made by the:

   1. (A) Next of kin;
   2. (B) Informant listed on the death certificate; or
   3. (C) Funeral director or person acting as such who submitted the death certificate.
2. (2) Applications to amend the medical certification of cause of death shall be made only by the physician, coroner, or medical examiner who provided the medical certification.
3. (3) The report shall be notarized unless submitted by an approved electronic process.
4. (4) A court order shall be required to change marital status on death certificates except when persons responsible for the completion of the item make an error.

(c)

1. (1) To amend a fetal death certificate, such application shall be made by one (1) of the parents.
2. (2) Amendments to the medical certification shall be made by the attending physician, the medical examiner, or the coroner.
3. (3) The funeral director shall request any amendment to the date, place, and method of disposal.

(d)

1. (1) Applications for amendment of certificates of marriage shall be made jointly by both parties to the marriage or by the survivor.
2. (2) In the event the marriage to which the application relates was terminated by divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment on or before the date of application for amendment, the applicant may request amendment only of those items on the certificate of marriage that relate to the applicant.

(e)

1. (1) Applications for amendment of matters contained in certificates of divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment that are not part of the decree or court order may be made by either party to the marriage so terminated.
2. (2) Applications for amendment of matters contained in certificates of divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment that are part of the decree or court order may only be made by the court that ordered the divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment upon which the report was made.