(1)(a) A hospital or birthing center shall compare and reconcile the monthly list of the births that occurred in their facilities with the electronic birth registration system report of births occurring in their facility.
- (b) A midwife shall compare and reconcile the monthly list of births they attended during the month not occurring in a hospital or birthing center with the electronic birth registration system report of births they attended.
- (2) A hospital, birthing center, or midwife shall add any births not found in the report to the electronic birth registration system.
- (3) The facility representative or midwife shall sign and send the electronic birth registration system report of births occurring in their facility or attended by them to the state registrar by the tenth day of the following month whether or not there are discrepancies.
- (4) A facility or midwife in this section shall collect and store in the facility files any information needed to complete the registration of births for 2 years.
- (5) A midwife shall include in their monthly report, on a form provided by the state registrar, a report of births where the mother, baby, or both were transported to a medical facility.
KEY: vital statistics, health facilities, funeral industries
Date of Last Change: March 25, 2024
Notice of Continuation: March 21, 2023
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-8-120; 26B-8-122; 26B-8-126; 26B-1-224