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NY Pub Health L § 4131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4131 - Births; Registration; Foundlings.

§ 4131. Births; registration; foundlings. 1. The report of the finding   of  a  child  whose  parents  are  unknown, filed by the commissioner of   social services or by the city social  services  officer  in  accordance   with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  section  three  hundred   ninety-eight of the social services  law,  shall  constitute  the  birth   record of such child.2.  The  district  wherein such child was found shall be considered as   the place of birth, and the date of birth shall be  that  determined  by   the  commissioner  of  social  services  or  by the city social services   officer as the approximate date of birth.3. If, however, such child be subsequently identified, and  it  should   appear  that  a certificate of birth for this child has either before or   following identification been  filed,  as  otherwise  provided  in  this   article,  the  report  of  the commissioner of social services or of the   city social services officer shall be placed under  seal  by  the  state   commissioner  of health, such seal not to be broken except upon order of   a court of competent jurisdiction.
NY Pub Health L § 4132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4132 - Birth Certificate; Form and Content.

§  4132.  Birth  certificate;  form and content. 1. The certificate of birth shall contain such  information,  including  the  social  security numbers  of  the  parents,  and  be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe.   2. The personal particulars  called  for  shall  be  obtained  from  a competent person acquainted with the facts.   3.  (a)  The certificate shall be signed by the attending physician or nurse-midwife, with date of signature and his or her address.  (b) If there was no physician or nurse-midwife,  in  attendance,  then the  certificate of birth shall be signed by the father or mother of the child, householder, owner of the premises, director or other  person  in charge of the public or private institution where the birth occurred, or by  any  other  competent  person  whose  duty it is to notify the local registrar of such birth.   4. The  registrar  shall  enter  the  exact  date  of  filing  of  the certificate  of  birth  in his office attested by his official signature and registered number of birth.   * 5. Each parent of the child may  choose  to  be  designated  on  the original certificate of birth or by amendment as "father" or "mother" or "parent".   * NB Effective December 21, 2021
NY Pub Health L § 4133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4133 - Birth Certificate; Incomplete; Duty of Registrar.

§  4133.  Birth  certificate;  incomplete;  duty of registrar. 1. If a   certificate of birth is incomplete, the registrar  of  the  district  in   which  the  birth  occurred and with whom the certificate has been filed   shall immediately notify the person who signed the record,  and  require   him to supply the missing items of information if they can be obtained.2. In any case where the physician or nurse-midwife in attendance upon   the  birth  of  a  child  within this state, or other person reporting a   birth of a child within this state as provided by section four  thousand   one  hundred  thirty of this chapter, is unable, by diligent inquiry, to   obtain any item or items of information required  in  this  article,  it   shall  then  be  the  duty of the registrar to secure from the person so   reporting, or from any other person having the required knowledge,  such   information  as  will enable the registrar to prepare the certificate of   birth herein required.3. It shall be the duty of the person reporting such birth or  who  is   interrogated  in relation thereto to answer correctly and to the best of   his knowledge all questions put to him by the  registrar  which  may  be   calculated to elicit any information needed to make a complete record of   the  birth  as contemplated by this article, and it shall be the duty of   the informant as to any statement made in accordance herewith to  verify   such  statement  by  his  signature,  when  requested  so  to  do by the   registrar.
NY Pub Health L § 4134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4134 - Birth Certificate; Unnamed Child.

§ 4134. Birth certificate; unnamed child. 1. If a living child has not   yet been named at the date of filing the certificate of birth, the space   provided  for  the  given  name  of the child is to be left blank, to be   filled out subsequently by a supplemental report, as herein provided.2. If a child dies without a given name, there shall be entered in the   space provided for the name the words "died unnamed." The parents of the   deceased child may submit a supplemental report of the given name of the   deceased child. Such report shall be returned to the local registrar and   the given name shall be entered on the original birth certificate.3. When any certificate of  birth  of  a  living  child  is  presented   without  the statement of the given name, the local registrar shall make   out and deliver to the parents of the child a supplemental report of the   given name of the child, which shall be  filled  out  as  directed,  and   returned  to  the  local  registrar as soon as the child shall have been   named. The given name, supplied by the  supplemental  report,  shall  be   entered on the original birth certificate.
NY Pub Health L § 4135 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4135 - Birth Certificate; Child Born Out of Wedlock.

§  4135.  Birth  certificate;  child born out of wedlock. 1. (a) There shall be no specific statement on the birth certificate  as  to  whether the child is born in wedlock or out of wedlock or as to the marital name or status of the mother.  (b)  The phrase "child born out of wedlock" when used in this article, refers to a child whose father is not its mother's husband.   2. The name of the alleged father of a child born out of wedlock shall not be entered on the certificate of birth prior to filing  without  (i) an  acknowledgment of parentage pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the  social  services  law  or  section  four  thousand  one  hundred thirty-five-b  of  this  article executed by both the mother and alleged father, and filed with the record of birth; or (ii) notification  having been  received by, or proper proof having been filed with, the record of birth by the clerk of a court of competent jurisdiction or the  parents, or their attorneys of a judgment, order or decree relating to parentage.   3.  Orders  relating  to  parentage  shall be held confidential by the commissioner and shall not be released or otherwise divulged  except  by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
NY Pub Health L § 4135-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4135-A - Birth Certificate; Child Born in Prison.

§  4135-a.  Birth certificate; child born in prison. There shall be no   specific statement on the birth certificate as to the fact that a  child   was born in prison.
NY Pub Health L § 4136 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4136 - Birth Certificate; Statement as to Blood Test.

§ 4136. Birth certificate; statement as to blood test. 1. In reporting   every  birth  and fetal death, physicians and others permitted to attend   pregnancy cases and required to report births  and  fetal  deaths  shall   state  on  the birth certificate or fetal death certificate, as the case   may be, whether a blood test for syphilis  has  been  made  during  such   pregnancy  upon  a  specimen  of blood taken from the woman who bore the   child for which a birth or fetal death certificate is filed.2. In addition to the information provided to  be  contained  in  each   certificate  of  birth  by this article every certificate of birth shall   state whether such test was made during pregnancy or at delivery, and in   the case where no blood test has been made such fact shall  be  reported   together  with the reason why such test has not been taken in compliance   with the provisions of section two thousand three hundred eight of  this   chapter.3.  If  such  test  has  been made during pregnancy, those required to   report births and fetal deaths shall state the date on  which  the  test   was made.4.  In  no  event  shall the birth certificate state the result of the   blood test.
NY Pub Health L § 4137 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4137 - Births; Notice of Recording.

§  4137.  Births;  notice  of  recording. 1. (a) Within ten days after receiving the certificate of birth the registrar shall  furnish  without charge  to  the parents or guardian of the child or to the mother at the address designated by her for the purpose, a certified copy.  (b) The registrar shall, at the same time, furnish without  charge  to the  parents  or  guardian  of the child or to the mother at the address designated by her the immunization schedule for children. The  registrar shall include the telephone number of the local county health department on the immunization schedule.   2.  A certificate of registration of birth shall be accepted by public authorities in this state for the purposes  indicated  in  section  four thousand  one  hundred  three  of  this  chapter  in  the same manner as certified copies or certified transcripts of birth certificates.   3. The local registrar shall also make a notation on his copy  of  the original  birth  certificate  indicating  the  date  of issuance of such certified copy.
NY Pub Health L § 4138-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4138-A - Certificate of Birth Data.

§ 4138-a. Certificate of birth data. Any existing certificate of birth   data shall continue to be effective.
NY Pub Health L § 4138-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 3 - Registration of Births 4138-B - Birth Certificate: Foreign Country Adoption.

§  4138-b.  Birth  certificate: foreign country adoption. Whenever the   adoption or finalization of a  foreign  adoption  or  recognition  of  a   foreign  adoption of a child pursuant to section one hundred eleven-c of   the domestic relations law has been reported to  the  commissioner,  the   commissioner shall file a birth certificate for the child provided there   is  no  other birth certificate or other birth record on file other than   in the country where such child was born and provided, further,  that  a   certificate  of  birth  data  does not exist for that person. Such birth   certificate shall be filed upon receipt  of:  proof  that  the  adoptive   parent  was  a resident of this state at the time of adoption; a copy of   the adoption documents of the jurisdiction or country in which the child   was adopted; a certified translation of the foreign adoption  documents,   evidence  of  the  date  and place of the child's birth; and evidence of   IR-3, IR-4 or IH-3 immigrant visa status or a successor  immigrant  visa   status.  The birth certificate shall include the child's name, sex, date   of birth, time of birth, place  of  birth,  mother's  maiden  name,  and   father's  name. A birth certificate for a foreign country adoption which   has been filed by a local registrar  and  all  supporting  documentation   shall  be submitted by the local registrar to the commissioner who shall   file a new birth certificate pursuant to this section.
NY Pub Health L § 4140 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4140 - Deaths; Registration.

§ 4140. Deaths; registration. 1. The death of each person who has died   in  this  state  shall  be  registered  immediately  and  not later than   seventy-two hours after death or the finding of a dead  human  body,  by   filing with the registrar of the district in which the death occurred or   the  body  was found a certificate of such death, in a manner and format   as  prescribed  by  the  commissioner,  which  shall   include   through   electronic   means   in   accordance   with  section  forty-one  hundred   forty-eight of this title.2. If the certificate of death is properly executed and complete,  the   registrar of the district in which the death occurred shall then issue a   burial  or removal permit to the funeral director or undertaker. In case   the death occurred from a disease which is designated  in  the  sanitary   code  as  a  communicable  disease,  no  permit for the removal or other   disposition of the body shall be issued by the registrar,  except  to  a   funeral   director   or  undertaker  licensed  in  accordance  with  the   provisions of this chapter, under such conditions as may  be  prescribed   in the sanitary code.3.  The  commissioner  and the department of health of the city of New   York shall deliver to the state board of elections,  at  least  monthly,   records  in  a  format  as  mutually determined by both agencies, of the   names of all persons of voting age  for  whom  death  certificates  were   issued.  Such records shall be arranged by county of residence and shall   include the name, residence address and birth date of each such person.
NY Pub Health L § 4141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4141 - Death Certificate; Form and Content.

§  4141.  Death  certificate;  form and content. 1. The certificate of death shall contain such information, including but not limited  to  the decedent's  social  security  number,  and  shall be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe.   2. The personal  particulars  called  for  shall  be  furnished  by  a competent person acquainted with the facts.   3.  The  statement  of  facts  relating to the disposition of the body shall be signed by the funeral director or undertaker in charge  of  the corpse.   4. (a) The medical certificate shall be made, dated, and signed by the physician  or  nurse  practitioner,  if  any,  last in attendance on the deceased.  (b) Indefinite terms, denoting only symptoms of disease or  conditions resulting from disease, shall not be held sufficient.  (c)  Any  certificate  stating  the  cause of death in terms which the commissioner declares indefinite shall be  returned  to  the  physician, nurse  practitioner,  or  person  making  the  medical  certificate  for correction and more definite statement.  (d) Where a death is caused by an opioid  overdose,  such  information shall be indicated on the certificate, including, if known to the person completing  the  death  certificate, the specific opioid that caused the death of the decedent, along with any other related information  as  the commissioner may require.
NY Pub Health L § 4141-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4141-A - Death Certificate; Duties of Hospital Administrator.

§  4141-a. Death certificate; duties of hospital administrator. When a   death occurs in a hospital, except in those cases where certificates are   issued by coroners or medical examiners, the person in  charge  of  such   hospital  or his or her designated representative shall promptly present   the certificate to the physician or nurse practitioner in attendance, or   a physician or nurse practitioner acting in his or her behalf, who shall   promptly certify to the facts of death, provide the medical  information   required  by the certificate, sign the medical certificate of death, and   thereupon  return  such  certificate  to  such  person,  so   that   the   seventy-two  hour  registration  time  limit  prescribed in section four   thousand one hundred forty of this title can be met;  provided,  however   that  commencing  on  or  after  the  implementation  date under section   forty-one hundred forty-eight of this title, information and  signatures   required  by  this section shall be obtained and made in accordance with   section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this title.
NY Pub Health L § 4142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4142 - Death Certificate; Duties of Funeral Director.

§  4142.  Death  certificate; duties of funeral director. In each case the funeral director, undertaker or person having charge of the body  of a deceased person, shall:  (a)  obtain  the personal and statistical particulars required for the certificate of death from a competent person acquainted with  the  facts and  qualified to supply them and enter them on the certificate together with the name and address of his informant;  (b) present the certificate promptly to  the  attending  physician  or nurse  practitioner,  who shall forthwith certify to the facts of death, provide the medical information required by the certificate and sign the medical certificate of death, or to the coroner or medical  examiner  in those cases where so required by this article or, when a death occurs in a  hospital,  except  in  those  cases  where certificates are issued by coroners or medical examiners, to the person in charge of such  hospital or  his  or  her designated representative, who shall obtain the medical certificate of death as prescribed in section four thousand one  hundred forty-one-a of this title;  (c)  state  the facts required on the certificate of death relative to the date and place of burial, cremation or removal, over  his  signature and with his address; and,  (d)  prior  to the disposition of the remains, file the certificate of death with the registrar of the district in which the death occurred  as provided in section four thousand one hundred forty of this article.  (e) notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law as may be set forth in  this  section,  commencing on or after the implementation date under section forty-one hundred forty-eight of  this  title,  information  and signatures  required  by  this subdivision shall be obtained and made in accordance with section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this title.
NY Pub Health L § 4143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4143 - Deaths Without Medical Attendance; Registration.

§ 4143. Deaths without medical attendance; registration. 1. In case of   any  death occurring without medical attendance, it shall be the duty of   the funeral director, undertaker or any other person to whose  knowledge   the  death  may come, to give notice of such death to the coroner of the   county, or if there be more than one, to a coroner having  jurisdiction,   or to the medical examiner.2.  When  notified  of any death occurring without medical attendance,   the  coroner  or  medical  examiner  shall  immediately  investigate  as   provided by law and shall certify as provided in subdivision three.3. The coroner or medical examiner whose duty it is to investigate the   death  and  to  execute  the  certificate  of death, shall state in such   certificate the name of the disease causing death, or if  from  external   causes,  the  means  of  death; whether probably accidental, suicidal or   homicidal; and shall, in any case, furnish such information  as  may  be   required by the commissioner in order to classify the death.4.  In  case  of any death occurring without medical attendance in the   county of Erie, it shall be the duty of the undertaker or  other  person   to whose knowledge the death may come, to notify the medical director of   such  death, and when so notified the medical director shall immediately   investigate and certify as to the cause of death and shall,  if  he  has   reason to believe that the death may have been due to an unlawful act or   neglect,  cause  a  proper investigation and certification in accordance   with the provisions of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 4146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4146 - Deaths; Burial Permits; Interments in Certain Cemeteries Prohibited.

§  4146.  Deaths;  burial  permits;  interments  in certain cemeteries   prohibited. 1. Whenever the legislative authority  of  any  municipality   shall  deem that further interments in any cemetery in such municipality   would be detrimental to the public health, it may by  resolution  direct   its  clerk to cause a notice to be served upon the person or corporation   owning or controlling such cemetery, and to publish said notice  once  a   week  for  three  successive weeks in two papers published in such city,   stating a time and place not less than thirty  days  after  service  and   first  publication  of  such  notice, at which any person interested may   show cause to the legislative authority why further interments  in  such   cemetery should not be prohibited.2.  At  the  time  and  place specified in such notice the legislative   authority of such municipality shall hear all  persons  desiring  to  be   heard,  and  if  upon such hearing it appears that further interments in   such cemetery will be detrimental to public health, it may by resolution   prohibit further interments therein.3. If such resolution is adopted a certified  copy  thereof  shall  be   filed with the board of health of the municipality in which the cemetery   is located, and thereafter permits for interments in such cemetery shall   not  be  issued. The action of the legislative authority in passing such   resolution may be reviewed  within  thirty  days  thereafter  under  and   pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice act.4.  A  burial  permit  issued  by  any  registrar  of vital statistics   authorizing burial in such cemetery shall be deemed null and void and of   no legal effect after a copy of the resolution has been filed  with  the   board of health of the municipality.
NY Pub Health L § 4147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4147 - Deaths; Confidentiality of Records.

§  4147.  Deaths;  confidentiality  of records. The death certificate,   burial permit or any other record of death or interment, as  defined  by   article  forty-one  of  this  chapter,  including but not limited to the   name, address or telephone number  of  the  decedent,  next  of  kin  or   surviving  relatives  of such decedent, shall not be sold or offered for   sale for commercial, promotional or profit-making purposes  without  the   written  consent  of the next of kin or the legal representative of such   decedent or next of kin. The provisions of this section shall not  apply   to  newspapers  or  newsletters  providing  general  information  to the   public. A violation of this section  shall  constitute  a  violation  as   defined in the penal law.