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GA Code § 31-10-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-7. Form of Certificates and Reports; Date Received for Registration Required; Filing or Registration of Information by Photographic, Electronic, or Other Means

  In order to promote and maintain nation-wide uniformity in the system of vital records, the forms of certificates and reports required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under this chapter, shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital records and statistics.   Each certificate, report, and other document required by this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the state registrar.   All vital records shall contain the date received for registration.   Information required in certificates or reports authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the state registrar.     (Ga. L. 1914, p. 157, § 17; Ga. L. 1927, p. 353, § 17; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 16, 17; Ga. L. 1933, p. 7, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1207; Code 1933, § 88-1708, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1707, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-8; Code 1981, §31-10-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Validity of racial designations on birth certificates and other official documents.   - State of the law is such as not only to permit use of racial designations on birth certificates and other official documents but federal law affirmatively mandates use of racial designations in certain areas. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-135.
GA Code § 31-10-9.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-9.1. Social Security Account Information of Parents

  Social security account information of the mother and father, if paternity is acknowledged by the father, of a child born within this state shall be entered in the medical and health statistics section of the certificate of live birth at the time of filing the certificate of birth as provided in Code Section 31-10-9.   The state registrar shall make available the records of an individual's name and social security number to the entity within the Department of Human Services authorized to enforce support orders for its use in the establishment of paternity or the enforcement of child support orders.   Information obtained pursuant to this Code section by the entity within the Department of Human Services authorized to enforce support orders may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation, collecting child support, or locating individuals owing the obligation.     (Code 1981, §31-10-9.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1270, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 35; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-4/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "entity within" for "Child Support Enforcement Agency of" in subsections (b) and (c); in subsection (b), substituted "an individual's" for "parent" near the beginning and inserted "authorized to enforce support orders" in the middle; and, in subsection (c), inserted "pursuant to this Code section" in the beginning and substituted "authorized to enforce support orders" for "pursuant to this Code section" in the middle.   Law reviews.   - For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 31-10-9.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-9.2. Abuse or Neglect Reports; Establishment of Policies and Procedures

  The state registrar shall provide to the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services copies of or data derived from certificates and reports filed with the state registrar upon notification by the Division of Family and Children Services of receipt of a report of abuse or neglect concerning a child or his or her parents or siblings pursuant to Code Section 19-7-5. Such reports or data shall include records related to birth or death, fetal death, and putative father registry of this state concerning a child or his or her parents or siblings.   The Department of Public Health, through the state registrar and the Division of Family and Children Services, shall jointly establish policies, procedures, and schedules regarding the transmittal of copies of records or data as jointly deemed necessary. The Department of Public Health and the Division of Family and Children Services shall enter into agreements as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Code section and to ensure compliance with the requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191, as amended.     (Code 1981, §31-10-9.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 181, § 5/HB 993.)
GA Code § 31-10-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-10. Registration of Live Born Infants of Unknown Parentage

  Whoever assumes the custody of a live born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar within ten days to the State Office of Vital Records the following information:   The date and place of finding;   Sex, color or race, and approximate birth date or age of child;   Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;   Name given to the child by the custodian of the child; and   Other data required by the state registrar.     The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth.   A report registered under this Code section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the child.   If the child is subsequently identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under this Code section shall be placed in a special file and shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.     (Ga. L. 1945, p. 236, § 13; Code 1933, § 88-1710, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-35; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, § 11.)
GA Code § 31-10-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-11. Registration of Delayed Certificate of Birth

  When a certificate of birth of a person born in this state has not been filed before that person's first birthday, a delayed certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with regulations of the department.The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the department shall by regulation prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.   Delayed certificates of birth filed after the first birthday shall be made on forms prescribed by the state registrar, marked "Delayed," and shall show on their face the date of the delayed registration.   A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the delayed certificate of birth.   When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the regulations for delayed registration or when the state registrar has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of birth and shall advise the applicant in writing of the reasons for this action and shall further advise the applicant of the applicant's right of judicial appeal.   The department may by regulation provide for the dismissal of an application which is not actively prosecuted.   No delayed certificate of birth shall be registered for a deceased person.     (Code 1933, § 88-1711, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1179, § 2; Code 1981, §31-10-31; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 732, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 669, § 3.)
GA Code § 31-10-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-12. Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth

  If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under the provisions of Code Section 31-10-11, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner may be filed in either the superior court or the probate court in the county of residence of the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought 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 and shall allege:   That the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state;   That no certificate of birth of such person can be found in the files of the State Office of Vital Records or the office of any local custodian of vital records;   That diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence required in accordance with Code Section 31-10-11 and regulations adopted pursuant thereto;   That the state registrar has refused to register a delayed certificate of birth; and   Such other allegations as may be required.     The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the state registrar made in accordance with Code Section 31-10-11 and all documentary evidence which was submitted to the state registrar in support of such registration.   The superior court or probate court, as the case may be, shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the state registrar not less than ten days' notice of said hearing. The state registrar or his authorized representative may appear and testify in the proceeding.   If the superior court or probate court finds, from the evidence presented, that the person from 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 such other findings as may be required and shall issue an order, on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar, to establish a delayed certificate of birth. This order shall include the birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented as prescribed by Code Section 31-10-11, and the date of the court's action.   The clerk of superior court or the probate court, as the case may be, shall forward each such order to the state registrar not later than the tenth day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. Such order shall be registered by the state registrar and shall constitute the certificate of birth from which certified copies may be issued in accordance with this chapter.     (Ga. L. 1943, p. 424, §§ 1-7; Ga. L. 1949, p. 384, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 791, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 88-1712, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 31; Code 1981, §31-10-32; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, § 11; Ga. L. 2008, p. 119, § 1/HB 111.)
GA Code § 31-10-13.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-13.1. Certified Copies of Orders and Registration of Legitimations and Paternity Orders

  For each legitimation, annulment of legitimation, and amendment of an order of legitimation decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, the clerk of the court shall not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month or more frequently, as directed by the state registrar, forward to the state registrar a certified copy of each order of legitimation, annulment of legitimation, and amendment of an order of legitimation which was entered in the preceding month. Each order of legitimation, annulment of legitimation, and amendment of an order of legitimation shall comply with paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 31-10-23.   When the state registrar receives a certified copy of the order of legitimation, annulment of legitimation, or amendment of an order of legitimation of a person born outside this state, the state registrar shall forward such certified copy of the order to the state registrar in the indicated state of birth.     (Code 1981, §31-10-13.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 915, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-10-13.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-13.2. Provision of Copies of Legitimation and Paternity Orders to State Registrar

  In each case in which an order declaring paternity is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state or by the Office of State Administrative Hearings, the clerk of the court or the Office of State Administrative Hearings shall not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month or more frequently, as directed by the state registrar, forward to the state registrar a certified copy of each order of paternity, annulment of paternity, and amendment of an order of paternity which was entered in the preceding month. The order of paternity, annulment of paternity, and amendment of an order of paternity shall comply with paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 31-10-23.   When the state registrar receives a certified copy of an order of paternity, annulment of paternity, or amendment of an order of paternity of a person born outside this state, the state registrar shall forward such certified copy of the order to the state registrar in the indicated state of birth.     (Code 1981, §31-10-13.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 915, § 2.)
GA Code § 31-10-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-16. Criteria for Pronouncing Death; Immunity From Liability

  A person may be pronounced dead by a qualified physician, by a registered professional nurse or nurse practitioner authorized to make a pronouncement of death under Code Section 31-7-16 or 31-7-176.1, by an advanced practice registered nurse authorized to make a pronouncement of death under subsection (o) of Code Section 43-34-25, or by a physician assistant authorized to make a pronouncement of death under Code Section 31-7-16 or 31-7-176.1 or subsection (j) of Code Section 43-34-103, if it is determined that the individual has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.   A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for such act.   The criteria for determining death authorized in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be cumulative to and shall not prohibit the use of other medically recognized criteria for determining death.     (Code 1933, § 88-1715.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1629, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1716, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-70; Code 1981, §31-10-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1392, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 9/HB 509; Ga. L. 2017, p. 625, § 3/SB 96.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (a), inserted "or nurse practitioner", inserted "31-7-16 or", inserted "by an advanced practice registered nurse authorized to make a pronouncement of death under subsection (o) of Code Section 43-34-25,", and inserted "Code Section 31-7-16 or 31-7-176.1 or".   Law reviews.   - For article, "Baby Doe Cases: Compromise and Moral Dilemma," see 34 Emory L.J. 545 (1986). For note, "Incubating for the State: The Precarious Autonomy of Persistently Vegetative and Brain-Dead Pregnant Women," 22 Ga. L. Rev. 1103 (1988).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in State v. Williams, 247 Ga. 200, 275 S.E.2d 62 (1981); Clay v. State, 256 Ga. 797, 353 S.E.2d 517 (1987).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Tests of death for organ transplant purposes, 76 A.L.R.3d 913.   Uniform Determination of Death Act, 49 A.L.R.7th Art. 5.
GA Code § 31-10-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-17. State Registration of Death Certificates; Certified Copies; Certificates of Record

  When a death certificate is filed with a local registrar, it shall be transmitted to the State Office of Vital Records for state registration immediately upon receipt. After registration and the assignment of a state file number, an authorized copy of the death certificate shall be returned to the local custodian. Certified copies of such death certificates may then be issued from the authorized copy by the local custodian.   After a death certificate is filed with a local registrar, but before the death certificate has been registered by the State Office of Vital Records, the local custodian shall be authorized to issue copies of the death certificate to be known as a "certificate of record." Each certificate of record shall have printed thereon the following: "This is an exact copy of the death certificate received for filing in _____________ County." Such certificate of record shall be signed by the local custodian and have the correct seal affixed thereto.     (Code 1933, § 88-1715.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 677, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1717, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-72; Code 1981, §31-10-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Official death certificate as evidence of cause of death in civil or criminal action, 21 A.L.R.3d 418.
GA Code § 31-10-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-19. Reporting of Induced Termination of Pregnancy

 Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this state, regardless of the length of gestation or weight, shall be reported directly to the department within ten days by the person in charge of the institution or clinic, or designated representative, in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution or clinic, the attending physician shall prepare and file the report within the time specified by this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 88-1719, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-19, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2.)
GA Code § 31-10-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-20. Permits for Disposition, Disinterment, and Reinterment

  The funeral director or person acting as such or other person who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a disposition permit for cremation or removal from the state. A disposition permit may be required within the state by local authorities.   Such disposition permit shall be made available by the local registrar of the county where the death or fetal death occurred, or body or fetus was found, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The registrar will issue a disposition permit immediately upon request from the licensed funeral director or his agent in charge of the body or fetus.The request for a disposition permit may be received by the registrar either orally or in writing.The registrar may respond to the request by any means utilized in the normal course of transacting business including, but not limited to, transmission by facsimile machine.   A disposition 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.   Prior to final disposition of a dead fetus, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, the funeral director or person acting as such, the person in charge of the institution, or other person assuming responsibility for final disposition of the fetus shall obtain from the parent(s) authorization for final disposition.   Disposition permits shall not be required where disposition of fetal remains is within the institution of occurrence and a registry of such events is maintained by the institution.   Authorization for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus.Such authorization shall be issued by the local registrar to a licensed funeral director or other person acting as such, upon proper application, in the county in which the dead body or dead fetus was originally interred and a local registrar who issues such authorization shall not be civilly or criminally liable therefor if it is issued in good faith. A permit shall not be required when disinterment and reinterment are in the same cemetery.   The department shall prescribe rules and regulations so that the local registrars may permit hospitals, funeral homes, or others in their respective counties to issue disposition permits.     (Ga. L. 1927, p. 353, § 5; Code 1933, § 88-1213; Ga. L. 1945, p. 236, § 27; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 140, § 13; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1130, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1717, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1179, § 3; Ga. L. 1976, p. 677, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-1720, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-75; Code 1981, §31-10-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 732, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 669, § 6; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2758, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Removal and reinterment of remains, 21 A.L.R.2d 472.   Dead bodies: liability for improper manner of reinterment, 53 A.L.R.4th 394.
GA Code § 31-10-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 10 - Vital Records|§ 31-10-21. Record of Marriage Licenses

  A record of each marriage performed in this state shall be filed with the department and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this Code section.   The official who issues the marriage license shall cause to be prepared the record on the application supplement-marriage report form, including at a minimum the information set out in subsection (b) of Code Section 19-3-33, upon the basis of information obtained from both of the parties to be married.   A person who performs a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and return the license to the official who issued the license within ten days after the ceremony. The license shall be completed as prescribed by regulations of the department.   Every official issuing marriage licenses shall complete and forward to the department on or before the tenth day of each calendar month an application supplement-marriage report form for each marriage license returned to such official during the preceding calendar month. Such forms may be transmitted in the form of paper or electronically.   The official issuing a marriage license shall keep the original of the application and license for the county records from which the official may issue certified copies but need not retain the prepared application supplement-marriage report forms except to the extent necessary for transmission of such forms to the registrar and confirmation of transmission or receipt.   In addition to the fee provided by Code Section 15-9-60, the official shall be entitled to a filing fee of $1.00 to be paid by the applicant upon application for the marriage license.     (Ga. L. 1945, p. 236, §§ 34, 35; Ga. L. 1952, p. 103, §§ 5, 6; Code 1933, § 88-1719, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 959, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1721, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-50; Code 1981, §31-10-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1592, § 4; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 31.)   Cross references.   - Issuance of marriage licenses generally, § 19-3-30 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 29A Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, § 1313 et seq. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Health, § 52. 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Marriage, § 37.