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RI Gen L § 23-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-11 - Infants of unknown parentage - Foundling registration.

§ 23-3-11. Infants of unknown parentage — Foundling registration.(a) Whoever assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state registrar of vital records within four (4) days to the local registrar of the city or town in which the child was found, the following information:(1) The date and place of finding;(2) Sex, color or race, and approximate age of child;(3) Name and address of the persons or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;(4) Name given to the child by the custodian; and(5) Other data required by the state registrar of vital records.(b) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation.(c) A report registered under this section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the infant.(d) If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, any report registered under this section shall be sealed and filed and may be opened only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 268, § 26; P.L. 1948, ch. 2042, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-3-7; G.L. 1956, § 23-3-11; P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-12 - Delayed registration of births.

§ 23-3-12. Delayed registration of births.(a) When the birth of a person born in this state or adopted by residents of this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the state department of health. This certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements that the state department of health shall by regulation prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.(b) Certificates of birth registered one year or more after the date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and show on their face the date of the delayed registration.(c) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.(d) (1) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the regulations for delayed registration or when the state registrar of vital records finds reason to question the validity or adequacy of the certificate or the documentary evidence, the state registrar of vital records shall not register the delayed certificate and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for this action.(2) The state director of health may by regulation provide for the dismissal of an application that is not actively prosecuted.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 193, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-12A (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-12A - Delayed registration of death and marriage.

§ 23-3-12A. Delayed registration of death and marriage.(a) When a death or marriage occurring in this state has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations of the state director of health. This certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements that the state director of health shall by regulation prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of death or marriage.(b) Certificate of death and marriage registered one year or more after the date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and shall show on their face the date of delayed registration.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-13 - Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.

§ 23-3-13. Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.(a) If any certificate of birth is rejected by the state registrar of vital records, including a delayed certificate of birth under the provisions of § 23-3-12, the applicant may, in the absence of an order from the family court, acknowledging or establishing paternity, or change in parentage through adoption, petition the superior court for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered. The superior court shall have sole jurisdiction over proceedings relating to certificates of birth rejected by the state registrar of vital records.(b) The petition shall allege:(1) That the person for whom a certificate of birth is sought was born in this state;(2) That no record of birth of the person can be found in the office of the state or local custodian of birth records;(3) That the state registrar of vital records has refused to register a delayed certificate of birth; and(4) Other allegations as may be required.(c) The petition shall be accompanied by all documentary evidence which was submitted to the registration official in support of the registration. The petition shall be sworn to by the petitioner.(d) The superior court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the registrar of vital records ten (10) days notice of the hearing. The registrar of vital records, or his or her authorized representative, may appear and testify in the proceeding.(e) If the superior court from the evidence presented finds that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and any other findings that the case may require and shall issue an order to establish a record of birth. The superior court may use a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar of vital records. This order shall include the birth data to be registered; a description of the evidence presented in the manner prescribed by § 23-3-12; and the date of the superior court's action.(f) The clerk of the superior court shall forward each order to establish a record of birth to the state registrar of vital records not later than the tenth (10th) day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. The order shall be registered by the state registrar of vital records and shall constitute the record of birth, from which copies may be issued in accordance with §§ 23-3-24 and 23-3-25.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 193, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-14 - Court reports of adoption.

§ 23-3-14. Court reports of adoption.(a) For each adoption decreed by any court in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a record of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar of vital records. The record shall include those facts that are necessary to locate and identify the certificate of birth of the person adopted or, in the case of a person who was born in a foreign country, evidence from sources determined to be reliable by the court as to the date and place of birth of the person; provide information necessary to establish a new certificate of birth of the person adopted; and shall identify the order of adoption and be certified by the clerk of court.(b) Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary to prepare the adoption report shall be furnished with the petition for adoption by each petitioner for adoption or his or her attorney. The welfare agency or other person concerned shall supply the court with any additional information in their possession that may be necessary to complete the record. The provision of that information shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of a final decree in the matter by the court.(c) Whenever an adoption decree is amended or annulled, the clerk of the court shall prepare a certificate which shall include the facts that are necessary to identify the original adoption report and the facts amended in the adoption decree that shall be necessary to properly amend the birth record.(d) Not later than the tenth (10th) day of each calendar month, the clerk of the court shall forward to the state registrar of vital records records of decrees of adoption, annulment of adoption, or amendments of those entered in the preceding month, together with any related reports that the state registrar of vital records shall require.(e) When the state registrar of vital records shall receive a record of adoption, annulment of adoption, or amendment of those from a court for a person born outside this state, that record shall be forwarded to the appropriate registration authority in the state of birth. If the birth occurred in a foreign country, and the child was not a citizen of the United States at the time of birth, the state registrar shall prepare a "certificate of foreign birth" as provided by § 23-3-15(e)(1).History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 193, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-15.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-15.1 - New certificates of birth following foreign adoption - Exempt from judicial proceedings.

§ 23-3-15.1. New certificates of birth following foreign adoption — Exempt from judicial proceedings.(a) A child who has automatically acquired United States citizenship following a foreign adoption and possesses a certificate of citizenship in accordance with the "Child Citizenship Act" (CAA, P.L. 106-395) shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter which require judicial procedures and reports to acquire a new birth certificate.(b) The state registrar of vital records shall, upon written request, prepare a "Certificate of Foreign Birth" for a child who was born in a foreign country, adopted by a United States citizen and has automatically acquired citizenship in accordance with the "Child Citizenship Act" upon the production of the following documentations:(1) Certificate of citizenship;(2) Foreign birth certificate;(3) Original documents certified by the United States Embassy abroad;(4) Permanent United States identification card; and(5) Social Security card.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 607, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-17 - Fetal death registration.

§ 23-3-17. Fetal death registration.(a) A fetal death certificate for each fetal death which occurs in this state after a gestation period of twenty (20) completed weeks or more shall be filed with the state registrar of vital records or as otherwise directed by the state registrar within seven (7) calendar days after the delivery and prior to removal of the fetus from the state, and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section; provided:(1) That if the place of fetal death is unknown, a fetal death certificate shall be filed with the state registrar of vital records or as otherwise directed by the state registrar within seven (7) calendar days after the occurrence; and(2) That if a fetal death occurs on a moving conveyance, a fetal death certificate shall be filed with the state registrar of vital records or as otherwise directed by the state registrar.(b) All other fetal deaths, irrespective of the number of weeks uterogestation, shall be reported directly to the state department of health within seven (7) calendar days after delivery.(c) The funeral director, his or her duly authorized agent, or another person acting as agent, who first assumes custody of a fetus, shall file the fetal death certificate. In the absence of a funeral director or agent, the physician or another person in attendance at or after delivery shall file the certificate of fetal death. He or she shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available. He or she shall obtain the medical certification of cause of death from the person responsible for the certification.(d) The medical certification shall be completed and signed within forty-eight (48) hours after delivery by the physician in attendance at or after delivery except when inquiry is required by chapter 4 of this title.(e) When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance upon the mother at or after the delivery or when inquiry is required by chapter 4 of this title, the medical examiner shall investigate the cause of fetal death and shall complete and sign the medical certification within forty-eight (48) hours after taking charge of the case.(f) Each funeral director shall, on or before the tenth (10th) day of the following month, file a report with the state registrar of vital records listing funerals and/or decedents serviced following deaths or fetal deaths within the month. Failure to file these reports or any of the certificates required under § 23-3-16 and this section within the prescribed time limits shall be grounds for disciplinary action, including revocation of license by the state board of examiners in embalming.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 293, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 110, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-18 - Permits.

§ 23-3-18. Permits.(a) The funeral director, his or her duly authorized agent, or another person acting as a duly authorized agent, who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall prepare a burial-transit permit prior to final disposition or removal from the state of the body or fetus and within seven (7) calendar days after death.(b) The burial-transit permit shall be signed by the funeral director and by the certifying physician as designated in § 23-3-16(c).(c) A burial-transit permit issued under the law of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state.(d) A permit for disinterment and re-interment shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation or otherwise provided by law. The permit shall be issued by the local registrar of vital records at the place of disinterment to a licensed funeral director, embalmer, his or her duly authorized agent, or another person acting as a duly authorized agent, upon proper application.(e) (1) The body of a deceased person shall not be cremated within twenty-four (24) hours after his or her death unless he or she dies of a contagious or infectious disease. The body shall not be received or cremated by any corporation authorized to cremate the bodies of the dead until its officers have received the burial permit required by law before burial, and a cremation certificate issued by the Rhode Island office of state medical examiners. A cremation certificate shall be issued only if the office of state medical examiners determines that the cause and manner of death is such that no further examination or judicial inquiry concerning the cause and manner of death is necessary.(2) The cremation certificate issued to the funeral director by the medical examiner, in duplicate, shall accompany the body to the crematory. The crematory shall retain the duplicate copy and mail the original copy to the state division of vital records.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 100, § 9; P.L. 1897, ch. 452, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 121, § 9; P.L. 1910, ch. 575, § 4; P.L. 1911, ch. 713, § 1; P.L. 1914, ch. 1092, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2096, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 166, § 8; P.L. 1931, ch. 1698, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1947, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 268, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 180, 182; P.L. 1941, ch. 980, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3442, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1955, ch. 3453, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 23-3-18 to 23-3-22; G.L. 1956, § 23-3-18; P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1962, ch. 13, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 110, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 242, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 361, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 272, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-19 - Extension of time.

§ 23-3-19. Extension of time.(a) The director of health may, by regulation and upon conditions that he or she may prescribe to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter, provide for the extension of the periods prescribed in §§ 23-3-16, 23-3-17, and 23-3-18 for the filing of death certificates, fetal death certificates, medical certifications of cause of death, and for the obtaining of burial-transit permits in cases in which compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship.(b) Regulations of the director of health may provide for the issuance of a burial-transit permit under § 23-3-18 prior to the filing of a certificate of death or fetal death upon conditions designed to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter in cases in which compliance with the requirement that the certificate be filed prior to the issuance of the permit would result in undue hardship.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-20 - Court reports of divorce.

§ 23-3-20. Court reports of divorce.(a) For each divorce granted by any court in this state, a report shall be prepared and filed by the clerk of the court with the state registrar of vital records. The report shall be furnished, with the final decree, to the clerk of the court by the prevailing party or his or her legal representative on forms prescribed and furnished by the state registrar of vital records.(b) On or before the tenth (10th) day of each third (3rd) month commencing on April 10, 1962, the clerk of the court shall forward to the state registrar of vital records the report of each divorce granted during the preceding three (3) calendar months and related reports that may be required by regulations issued under this chapter.(c) The clerk of the court shall be paid by the general treasurer the sum of fifty cents ($0.50) for each certificate of divorce so registered and transmitted to the state registrar of vital records in accordance with rules and regulations issued under this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 100, § 24; C.P.A. 1905, § 1220; G.L. 1909, ch. 121, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 166, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 268, § 21; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 180, 182; G.L. 1956, § 23-3-39; G.L. 1956, § 23-3-20; P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-3-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-21 - Correction and amendment of vital records.

§ 23-3-21. Correction and amendment of vital records.(a) A certificate or record registered under this chapter may be amended only in accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter by the director of health to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records.(b) A certificate that is amended under this section shall be marked "amended" except as provided in subsection (d) of this section. The date of amendment and a summary description of the evidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be endorsed on or made a part of the record. The director of health shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under which additions or minor corrections shall be made to birth certificates within one year after the date of birth without the certificate being considered as amended.(c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order changing the name of a person born in this state and upon request of that person or his or her parent, guardian, or legal representative, the state registrar of vital records shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.(d) Upon request and receipt of a sworn acknowledgement of paternity of a child born out of wedlock signed by both parents, the state registrar of vital records shall amend a certificate of birth to show paternity if paternity is not shown on the birth certificate. The department of human services and the division of taxation within the department of administration are authorized to accept a sworn acknowledgment of paternity of a child born out of wedlock signed by both parents on forms prescribed in accordance with § 23-3-9, to forward the acknowledgment to the state registrar of vital records, and the state registrar of vital records shall amend the certificate of birth to show paternity if paternity is not shown on the birth certificate. Upon request of the parents, after approval by a court of competent jurisdiction, the surname of the child shall be changed on the certificate to that of the father. The certificate shall not be marked "amended."(e) When a certificate is amended under this section, the state registrar of vital records shall report the amendment to the custodian of any permanent local records and that record shall be amended accordingly.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 100, § 25; P.L. 1899, ch. 616, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 121, § 25; P.L. 1921, ch. 2096, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 166, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 268, § 22; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 180, 182; P.L. 1944, ch. 1483, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, §§ 23-3-32, 23-3-33; G.L. 1956, § 23-3-21; P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 129, § 9; P.L. 1996, ch. 131, § 9; P.L. 1996, ch. 132, § 9; P.L. 1996, ch. 133, § 9.
RI Gen L § 23-3-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-3 - Vital Records|Section 23-3-22 - Reproduction of records.

§ 23-3-22. Reproduction of records.To preserve original documents, the state registrar of vital records is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, or other reproductions of original records and files in his or her office. These reproductions, when certified by him or her, shall be accepted as the original record.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 87, § 1.