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LA Rev Stat § 40:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§33. Vital records registry; establishment; general authority and duties of state registrar

RS 33 - Vital records registry; establishment; general authority and duties of state registrar  A. There is hereby established a central vital records registry within the office of public health and a registrar of vital records for the state with an office properly equipped and operated for the safety and preservation of all vital records covering the births, deaths, marriages, divorce judgments, adoptions, and change of names, made and received under this Chapter or under the regulations adopted by the Louisiana Department of Health.  B. The vital records registry shall be directed by the state registrar who shall enforce this Chapter and the regulations made pursuant thereto and shall investigate all cases of irregularity in preparation and filing of vital records. Documents shall not be registered until such irregularities have been resolved.  C. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall make and amend, after due notice and hearing, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, regulations necessary for the efficient performance of a single adequate system of vital records for this state, and shall give instructions for collecting, transcribing, compiling, analyzing, reporting, preserving, and issuing certified copies of vital records.  D. The domicile of the vital records registry shall be in the parish of Orleans. All suits or mandamus actions brought against the registry shall be brought in the parish of Orleans.  E. The appointment of the state registrar shall be in accordance with the civil service law and regulations.  F. The state registrar, with the approval of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall prescribe, print, and supply each parish with all certificate forms or reports provided for in this Chapter. The local registrar shall supply such forms to every hospital, clinic, almshouse, lying-in hospital, or other institution, public or private, including penal institutions, located in his registration district to which persons resort for treatment of disease or injury or for childbirth or are committed by process of law and to all physicians in his registration district.  G. Any person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish such information as he or she may possess regarding any birth, death, spontaneous fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, or divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment, upon demand of the state registrar. Nothing in this Section or Chapter shall be construed to require the person charged by R.S. 40:45 with preparing birth certificates to make other than a reasonable effort, as defined in R.S. 40:44, to obtain missing information or signature.  H. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1991, No. 820, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §6; Acts 2013, No. 220, §17, eff. June 11, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34. Vital records forms

RS 34 - Vital records forms  A.(1) The certificate forms prescribed by the state registrar shall include, as a minimum, birth certificates, death certificates, paternity acknowledgment affidavits, and any other forms recommended by the national office in charge of gathering vital statistics. Only these forms shall be used in registering, recording, and preserving the vital information required by this Chapter. These forms shall be typewritten in black type or written in jet black ink or transferred by electronic means. Additionally each certificate of a birth occurring in a licensed hospital shall be typewritten in black type or computer generated. Whenever a form is changed, the new form shall be furnished to the person charged with preparing it not less than thirty days prior to the date upon which the form shall be required to be used.  (2) The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to allow electronic registration in lieu of typewritten or written birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce certificates.  B. The forms shall be printed and supplied or provided by electronic means by the state registrar.  C.(1) Each coroner or physician who signs a death certificate shall certify the certificate using the Louisiana Electronic Event Registration System of the Louisiana Department of Health, state registrar of vital records.  (2) Each coroner shall report drug overdose deaths where the decedent's toxicology results indicate that an opioid was present at the time of death and related to the overdose. The reporting shall be entered into the Louisiana Electronic Event Registration System of the Louisiana Department of Health, state registrar of vital records.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 624, §1; Acts 1986, No. 621, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1987, No. 343, §1; Acts 1987, No. 360, §1; Acts 1989, No. 819, §1; Acts 1990, No. 238, §1; Acts 1990, No. 349, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 688, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 820, §1; Acts 1993, No. 740, §1; Acts 1993, No. 775, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 954, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1252, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §4, eff. April 24, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 834, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 136, §1; Acts 2001, No. 690, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1118, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1239, §1, eff. July 7, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 1251, §1; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13; Acts 2006, No. 344, §5, eff. June 13, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 377, §1; Acts 2008, No. 561, §§2, 3; Acts 2012, No. 255, §6; Acts 2016, No. 217, §1, Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2018, No. 672, §1, eff. January 1, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 423, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.1. Original birth certificate; required contents

RS 34.1 - Original birth certificate; required contents  A. An original birth certificate shall contain, as a minimum, the items provided in R.S. 40:34.2 through 34.9.  B. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent as a result of an enforceable gestational carrier contract, as provided in R.S. 9:2720, the biological parents shall be considered the parents of the child.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2016, No. 494, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.3. Original birth certificate; required contents; sex of child

RS 34.3 - Original birth certificate; required contents; sex of child  The sex of the child shall be entered on the original birth certificate.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.4. Original birth certificate; required contents; circumstances of birth

RS 34.4 - Original birth certificate; required contents; circumstances of birth  The circumstances of the birth of the child shall be entered on the original birth certificate. These circumstances shall include all of the following:  (1) Time of birth.  (2) Date of birth, including the year, the month, and the day.  (3) Place of birth, address, including city or town and state; if in a hospital or other institution, its name.  (4) Whether a plural birth. A separate certificate is required for each child in a plural birth.  (5) If a plural birth, the number of each child in order of birth.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.5. Original birth certificate; required contents; name of father

RS 34.5 - Original birth certificate; required contents; name of father  A. If the child is born to a mother who either is married or was married within three hundred days prior to the birth of the child, the full name of the father shall be recorded in the same manner provided for the recordation of the surname of the child in R.S. 40:34.2(2)(a) and (c), unless otherwise provided by law.  B. If the child is born to a mother who neither is married nor was married within three hundred days prior to the birth of the child, the full name of the father who has acknowledged his child by authentic act shall be included on the birth record of the child, but only if the father and mother agree.  C. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent as a result of an enforceable gestational carrier contract, as provided in R.S. 9:2720, the full name of the biological father shall be listed as the father.  D. In all other cases, the name of the father and other information pertaining to the father shall not appear on the birth certificate and the surname of the child shall be recorded as the maiden name or surname of the mother, at her discretion.  E. Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Department of Children and Family Services, office of children and family services, child support enforcement section from obtaining an admission of paternity from the biological father for submission in a judicial proceeding, or prohibit the issuance of an order in a judicial proceeding which bases a legal finding of paternity on an admission of paternity by the biological father and on any other additional showing required by state law.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2016, No. 494, §2; Acts 2018, No. 21, §1, eff. May 7, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.5.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.5.1. Three-party acknowledgment of paternity; effect

RS 34.5.1 - Three-party acknowledgment of paternity; effect  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 40:34.2(2)(a) and (c) and 34.5(A), the husband or former husband presumed to be the father of the child, the mother, and the biological father of the child may execute a three-party acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to Civil Code Article 190.1 on the form provided by the Louisiana Department of Health. Upon receipt of that form and a certified report of blood or tissue sampling which indicates by a ninety-nine and nine-tenths percentage point threshold probability that the biological father is the father of the child, the state registrar shall:  (1) For the father of the child, record the full name of the biological father.  (2) For the surname of the child, record the maiden name or surname of the mother, at her discretion. However, if the biological father and the mother agree, the state registrar shall record as the surname of the child the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the biological father, or a combination of the surname of the biological father and the maiden name or surname of the mother.  Acts 2018, No. 21, §1, eff. May 7, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.5.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.5.2. Form and notice for three-party acknowledgment of paternity

RS 34.5.2 - Form and notice for three-party acknowledgment of paternity  The Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, shall develop a form, and a notice of consequences of executing the form, for the purposes of implementing R.S. 40:34.5.1. The form shall include the following:  (1) A declaration in authentic form by the husband or former husband presumed to be the father of the child that he is not the father of the child.  (2) A declaration in authentic form by the biological father that he is the father of the child and that a certified report of blood or tissue sampling indicates by a ninety-nine and nine-tenths percentage point threshold probability that he is the biological father of the child.  (3) A declaration in authentic form by the mother, husband or former husband presumed to be the father of the child, and the biological father of the child that each understands the form and has executed it voluntarily, and that each has received written notice of the consequences of executing the form.  Acts 2018, No. 21, §1, eff. May 7, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.6. Original birth certificate; required contents; name of mother

RS 34.6 - Original birth certificate; required contents; name of mother  The full name of the mother of the child, including her maiden name and current surname, shall be entered on the original birth certificate; however, if the child was born of a surrogate birth parent as a result of an enforceable gestational carrier contract, as provided in R.S. 9:2720, the maiden name of the biological mother shall be listed as the mother.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2016, No. 494, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.7. Original birth certificate; required contents; other information regarding the parents

RS 34.7 - Original birth certificate; required contents; other information regarding the parents  The following information regarding the parents shall also be entered on the original birth certificate:  (1) Respective ages of parents on their last birthday, in years.  (2) Races of parents as reported by the parents.  (3) Ethnicities of parents as reported by the parents.  (4) Residences of parents.  (5) Birthplaces of parents, at least the state or foreign country, if known.  (6) Number of children born to this mother.  (7) Number of children born to this mother living.  (8) Social security account numbers issued to the parents, if obtainable; however, these numbers shall not be printed on the birth certificate of the child, but shall be entered only as a part of vital records.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.8. Original birth certificate; required contents; certification of attendant

RS 34.8 - Original birth certificate; required contents; certification of attendant  The certification of the attending physician, midwife, or other person in attendance, including a statement of the year, month, day, and hour of birth, shall be entered on the original birth certificate. This certification shall be signed by the physician, midwife, or other person in attendance, with the address and date of signature.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.9. Original birth certificate; required contents; attestation of local filing

RS 34.9 - Original birth certificate; required contents; attestation of local filing  The exact date of filing in the office of the local registrar, attested by his official signature, shall be entered on the original birth certificate.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.10. Death certificate; required contents

RS 34.10 - Death certificate; required contents  The certificate of death shall contain, as a minimum, the following items:  (1) Full name of the decedent.  (2) The social security number issued to the decedent, unless a social security number cannot be obtained.  (3) Sex.  (4) Race.  (5) Ethnicity.  (6) Conjugal status; single, married, widowed, or divorced. If married, name of spouse.  (7) Age, in years, months, and days. If less than one day, in hours or minutes.  (8) Occupation, including any remunerative employment; the trade, profession, or particular kind of work; the general nature of the industry, business, or establishment in which employed.  (9) Place of residence, address, including city or town and state.  (10) Date of birth, including year, month, and day.  (11) Place of birth; if of foreign birth, how long in the United States.  (12) Name and birthplace of father.  (13) Maiden name and birthplace of mother.  (14) Place of death, address, including city or town and state.  (15) Name and address of the informant of the above items. The informant may be any competent person acquainted with the facts, attesting to the accuracy of the above information.  (16) Official signature of the local registrar, with the date when the certificate containing the above items was filed and the registered number of the certificate.  (17) Date and place of burial, cremation, or removal.  (18) Signature and address of undertaker, or person acting as such, on the statement of facts required in Paragraph (17) of this Section.  (19) The medical certification of the physician, if any, last attending to the deceased, which certificate shall be made and signed by the physician within twenty-four hours after death with his name and address. In the absence of a physician, the parish coroner shall sign the certificate. In either event, the certification shall contain the following items:  (a) The fact and date of death, including year, month, day, and the time of the day.  (b) Time in attendance.  (c) Time he last saw the deceased alive.  (d) Cause of death, showing the course of the disease or the sequence of causes resulting in the death; and contributory or secondary causes, the duration of each, and whether any primary or secondary causes of death are attributed to dangerous or insanitary conditions of employment. If the cause of death was violent, the certificate shall show the determination of the coroner as to whether the death was probably accidental, suicidal, or homicidal.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.11. Paternity acknowledgement affidavit; required contents

RS 34.11 - Paternity acknowledgement affidavit; required contents  The state registrar shall develop an affidavit for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity which includes the minimum requirements of the affidavit specified by the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7).  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.12. Provision of information to aid implementation of program of family support

RS 34.12 - Provision of information to aid implementation of program of family support  Upon request, the state registrar shall provide the information required in R.S. 40:34.9 and 34.10(1) and (2) to the agency charged with implementing a program of family support in accordance with R.S. 46:236.1.1 et seq.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:34.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§34.13. Registration of acknowledgements and adjudications of paternity

RS 34.13 - Registration of acknowledgements and adjudications of paternity  All acknowledgments of paternity properly executed in accordance with Louisiana law and adjudications of paternity by a Louisiana court shall be filed with the state registrar, office of vital records, in a central repository pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(5)(M).  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:35 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§35. Failure to complete medical certification

RS 35 - Failure to complete medical certification If the medical certification portion of the death certificate contains too many indefinite or unsatisfactory terms, as determined by the state registrar, denoting only symptoms of disease or conditions resulting from disease and the like, the state registrar may require that the certificate be returned for completion and no certified copy of the death certificate shall be issued until completed properly. Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 2003, No. 657, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§36. State registrar as custodian

RS 36 - State registrar as custodian   A. The state registrar of vital records is the custodian of all vital certificates and records in this state which heretofore may exist in any parish or municipality, or which may hereafter be received by him. He shall gather, compile, index, bind, and make provisions for the storage and preservation of these records.  B. The state registrar shall take every precaution to preserve all documents in their original form.  C. To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare accurate typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates or reports in the vital records registry. Such reproductions when certified by the state registrar shall be accepted as the original records.  D. The public health statistics unit as provided for in R.S. 40:32(5) shall provide reports containing analysis and tabulation of data derived from certificates and reports required under this Chapter, as determined necessary for health planning and program activities.  E. The state registrar may delegate such functions and duties vested in him or her to employees of the vital records registry.  F. The public health statistics unit shall submit to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, to the legislature, and to the governor an annual report which shall take the form of a compilation and recapitulation of the information received pursuant to this Section and shall include such information as required in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:65.  G. The state registrar of vital records may annually transfer and the secretary of state, division of archives, records management and history, is authorized to receive all birth records over one hundred years old and all records of death, stillbirth, marriage, dissolution of marriage, and annulment over fifty years old which records shall be available for use by genealogists and the general public. Such records shall not be subject to the amendment or alteration provisions of this Chapter.  H. The state registrar of vital records shall provide a monthly report to each assessor concerning the deaths which occurred in the state during the preceding calendar month, as provided for in R.S. 47:1965.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1990, No. 212, §1; Acts 2017, No. 137, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:37 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§37. Local registrars; duties

RS 37 - Local registrars; duties  The state registrar shall designate an employee of the office of public health to serve as the local registrar in each parish health unit. The state registrar shall serve as local registrar in Orleans Parish. All local registrars shall be responsible for completion of incomplete birth certificates not properly returned to the preparer and shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter and regulations adopted thereunder.  Acts 1991, No. 820, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:38 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§38. Certified copies, issuance

RS 38 - Certified copies, issuance  A certified copy of a vital record in the custody of the vital records registry shall be issued in accordance with regulations duly promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.