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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 4 - Delayed Registration of Birth › ARTICLE 4 - Registration › Section 102600.

102600. (a)  Upon receipt by the State Registrar of an application for delayed registration of birth and payment of the required fee, he or she shall review the application together with the affidavits and documentary evidence accompanying it and shall accept the application if the application and evidence submitted comply with this chapter. After acceptance by the State Registrar the application shall constitute a delayed certificate of birth, and the State Registrar shall permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all the certificates.
(b)  In processing applications for the delayed registration of birth pursuant to this section, the State Registrar shall give priority to an application for a child who has been adjudged a dependent child of, and who is subject to the jurisdiction of, the juvenile court, pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 315, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 4 - Delayed Registration of Birth › ARTICLE 4 - Registration › Section 102605.

102605. The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the delayed certificate of birth to the applicant without additional cost.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 4 - Delayed Registration of Birth › ARTICLE 4 - Registration › Section 102610.

102610. The State Registrar shall send certified copies of the delayed certificate of birth to the local registrar and the county recorder within which area the birth occurred and in whose offices copies of records of the year of occurrence of the event are on file.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102625.

102625. The clerk of the court shall complete a report upon a form provided for that purpose and forward the report to the State Registrar within five days after a decree of adoption has been entered declaring a child legally adopted by any court in the state. The report shall be forwarded within five days after an interlocutory decree of adoption becomes a final decree of adoption, and not earlier.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102630.

102630. The court reports of adoption that are received by the State Registrar for births that occurred in another state, the District of Columbia, in any territory of the United States, or Canada shall be transmitted to the registration authority of the place of birth.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102635.

102635. A new birth certificate shall be established by the State Registrar upon receipt of either of the following:
(a) A report of adoption from any court of record that has jurisdiction of the child in this state, another state, the District of Columbia, in any territory of the United States, or in any foreign country, for any child born in California and whose certificate of birth is on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(b) A readoption order issued pursuant to Section 8919 of the Family Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102640.

102640. When requested by the adopting parent or parents, a new certificate shall not be established by the State Registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102645.

102645. The new birth certificate shall bear the name of the child as shown in the report of adoption, the names and ages of his or her adopting parents, the date and place of birth, and no reference shall be made in the new birth certificate to the adoption of the child. The new certificate shall be identical with a birth certificate registered for the birth of a child of natural parents, except, when requested by the adopting parents, the new birth certificate shall not include the specific name and address of the hospital or other facility where the birth occurred, the color and race of the parents, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102650.

102650. Notwithstanding other provisions in this article, when a child is adopted by an unmarried man or woman, the new certificate shall, if the adopting parent so requests, reflect the fact that it is a single-parent adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102660.

102660. If both adopting parents were in the home at the time of the initial placement of the child for adoption the newly amended birth record may include the names of both adopting parents despite the death of one of the adopting parents, upon receipt of an order from the court granting the adoption that directs under the authority of Section 8615 of the Family Code that the names of both adopting parents shall be included on the newly amended birth record.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102670.

102670. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an adopting parent who has adopted a child for whom an amended record has already been prepared under authority of this article may have another amended record prepared for the child, upon application, furnishing a copy of the court order made in an action brought pursuant to Section 8615 of the Family Code, and payment of the required fee.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102675.

102675. At any time after the issuance of a new birth certificate another amended certificate may be issued, at the request of the adopting parents, that omits any or all of the following:
(a)  The specific name and address of the hospital or other facility where the birth occurred.
(b)  The city and county of birth.
(c)  The color and race of the parents.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102680.

102680. The new birth certificate shall supplant any birth certificate previously registered for the child and shall be the only birth certificate open to public inspection.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102685.

102685. When a new birth certificate is established under this article, the State Registrar shall inform the local registrar and the county recorder whose records contain copies of the original certificate, who shall forward the copies to the State Registrar for filing with the original certificate, if it is practical for him or her to do so. If it is impractical for him or her to forward the copy to the State Registrar, he or she shall effectually seal a cover over the copy in a manner as not to deface or destroy the copy and forward a verified statement of his or her action to the State Registrar. Thereafter the information contained in the record shall be available only as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102690.

102690. For court reports of adoptions received from any court of record of this State, another state, the District of Columbia, or in any territory of the United States, that has jurisdiction of a child born in this State and for whom no original record of birth is on file in the Office of the State Registrar the court report of adoption shall constitute a court order delayed birth registration; provided, the court report contains a statement of the date and place of birth.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102695.

102695. A court report of adoption received from any court of record in this State, wherein the birth occurred outside the United States, the Territories of the United States, or Canada shall constitute a court order delayed registration of birth; provided, the court report contains a statement of the date and place of birth.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102700.

102700. The court report of adoption shall be filed with the original record of birth, that shall remain as a part of the records of the State Registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102705.

102705. All records and information specified in this article, other than the newly issued birth certificate, shall be available only upon the order of the superior court of the county of residence of the adopted child or the superior court of the county granting the order of adoption.
No such order shall be granted by the superior court unless a verified petition setting forth facts showing the necessity of the order has been presented to the court and good and compelling cause is shown for the granting of the order. The clerk of the superior court shall send a copy of the petition to the State Department of Social Services and the department shall send a copy of all records and information it has concerning the adopted person with the name and address of the natural parents removed to the court. The court must review these records before making an order and the order should so state. If the petition is by or on behalf of an adopted child who has attained majority, these facts shall be given great weight, but the granting of any petition is solely within the sound discretion of the court.
The name and address of the natural parents shall be given to the petitioner only if he or she can demonstrate that the name and address, or either of them, are necessary to assist him or her in establishing a legal right.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption › Section 102710.

102710. The State Registrar shall furnish a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth prepared under authority of this article to the registrant without additional cost.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 2 - Adjudication of Facts of Parentage › Section 102725.

102725. Whenever the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship has been determined by a court of this state or a court of another state, and upon receipt of a certified copy of the court order, application, and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall establish a new birth certificate for the child in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 102625), if the original record of birth is on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 2 - Adjudication of Facts of Parentage › Section 102730.

102730. All records and information specified in this article, other than the newly issued birth certificate, shall be available only upon order of a court of record.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 2 - Adjudication of Facts of Parentage › Section 102735.

102735. The State Registrar shall furnish a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth prepared under authority of this article to the registrant without additional cost.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 3 - Acknowledgement of Paternity › Section 102750.

102750. Whenever the mother and the other genetic parent or intended parent acknowledges parentage of a child by affidavit, and in the absence of conflicting information on the originally registered certificate of live birth, an application including the affidavits may be filed with the office of the State Registrar upon a form provided for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 539, Sec. 7. (AB 785) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 3 - Acknowledgement of Paternity › Section 102755.

102755. Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required fee, and in the absence of conflicting information on the originally registered certificate of live birth, the State Registrar shall review the application for acceptance for filing, and if accepted shall establish a new birth certificate for the child in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 102625), if the original record of birth is on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 3 - Acknowledgement of Paternity › Section 102760.

102760. All records and information specified in this article, other than the newly issued birth certificate, shall be available only upon order of a court of record.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 3 - Acknowledgement of Paternity › Section 102765.

102765. The State Registrar shall furnish a certified copy of the new record of birth prepared under authority of this article to the registrant with additional cost.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 4 - Voluntary Declaration of Parentage › Section 102766.

102766. (a) When a voluntary declaration of parentage is filed with the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7571 of the Family Code, an application may be submitted to the State Registrar requesting that the signatory’s name be added to the child’s birth certificate.
(b) Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall review the application for acceptance for filing and, if accepted, shall establish a new birth certificate for the child in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 102625), if the original record of birth is on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 539, Sec. 8. (AB 785) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 4 - Voluntary Declaration of Parentage › Section 102767.

102767. (a) When a voluntary declaration of parentage is rescinded pursuant to Section 7575 of the Family Code, an application may be submitted to the State Registrar requesting that the signatory’s name be removed from the child’s birth certificate.
(b)  Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall establish a new birth certificate for the child in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 102625), if the original record of birth is on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 876, Sec. 74. (AB 2684) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 4 - Voluntary Declaration of Parentage › Section 102768.

102768. All records and information specified in this article, other than the newly established certificate, shall be available only to those persons specified in subdivision (i) of Section 7571 of the Family Code or upon order of a court of record.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 539, Sec. 9. (AB 785) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, Court Determination of Parentage, and Acknowledgment › ARTICLE 4 - Voluntary Declaration of Parentage › Section 102769.

102769. The State Registrar shall furnish a certified copy of the new record of birth prepared under authority of this article to the registrant without additional cost.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1062, Sec. 19.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102775.

102775. Each death shall be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found, within eight calendar days after death and prior to any disposition of the human remains.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102778.

102778. (a)  On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall implement an Internet-based electronic death registration system for the creation, storage, and transfer of death registration information.
(b)  The electronic death registration system implemented pursuant to this section shall protect the proper use of the death registration information created, stored, and transferred within the system.
(c)  The electronic death registration system that is implemented pursuant to this section shall be subject to any limitation placed on the accessibility and release of personally identifying information contained in those death records by any other provision of law or subsequently enacted legislation.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 857, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102780.

102780. A funeral director, or person acting in lieu thereof, shall prepare the certificate and register it with the local registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102785.

102785. The State Registrar, at his or her discretion, may incorporate computer or telephone facsimile technology, or both, in the statewide program of death and fetal death registration, including, but not limited to, the issuing of permits for disposition of human remains.
Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of local districts to file certificates of death and fetal death manually within the local registration districts.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102790.

102790. The funeral director shall obtain the required information other than medical and health section data from the person or source best qualified to supply this information.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102791.

102791. (a) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall access data within the electronic death registration system implemented pursuant to Section 102778 to compile a report on veteran suicide in California. The report shall include, but may not be limited to, information on the ages, sexes, races or ethnicities, counties of residence, and methods of suicide of veterans.
(2) The report shall include a cross-tabulation of the data specified in paragraph (1), and shall compare the data to the data from the previous year.
(b) (1) The department shall, notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, annually provide the report compiled pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Legislature and the Department of Veterans Affairs on or before March 15 each year.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 77, Sec. 1. (AB 3371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102792.

102792. (a) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall access data within the electronic death registration system implemented pursuant to Section 102778 to compile a report on veteran drug overdose deaths in California. The report shall include, but may not be limited to, information on the ages, sexes, races or ethnicities, counties of residence, and drug or drugs causing overdose deaths of veterans.
(2) The report shall include a cross-tabulation of the data specified in paragraph (1), and shall compare the data to the data from the previous year.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall annually provide the report compiled pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Legislature and the Department of Veterans Affairs on or before March 15 each year.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) The California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, maintained by the State Department of Public Health on its internet website, shall be updated to reflect veteran status in information reported about deaths.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. (AB 1462) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102795.

102795. The medical and health section data and the time of death shall be completed and attested to by the physician and surgeon last in attendance, or in the case of a patient in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility at the time of death, by the physician and surgeon last in attendance or by a licensed physician assistant under the supervision of the physician and surgeon last in attendance if the physician and surgeon or licensed physician assistant is legally authorized to certify and attest to these facts, and if the physician assistant has visited the patient within 72 hours of the patient’s death. In the event the licensed physician assistant certifies the medical and health section data and the time of death, then the physician assistant shall also provide on the document the name of the last attending physician and surgeon and provide the coroner with a copy of the certificate of death. However, the medical health section data and the time of death shall be completed and attested to by the coroner in those cases in which he or she is required to complete the medical and health section data and certify and attest to these facts.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102800.

102800. The medical and health section data and the physician’s or coroner’s certification shall be completed by the attending physician within 15 hours after the death, or by the coroner within three days after examination of the body.
The physician shall within 15 hours after the death deposit the certificate at the place of death, or deliver it to the attending funeral director at his or her place of business or at the office of the physician.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Death › Section 102805.

102805. An embalmer may authorize his or her signature to be affixed to the certificate after he or she has embalmed a body, as required by this chapter, by a written special power of attorney that shall be retained for a period of one year.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 2 - Responsibility of Attending Physician › Section 102825.

102825. (a) The physician and surgeon last in attendance, or in the case of a patient in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility at the time of death, the physician and surgeon last in attendance or a licensed physician assistant under the supervision of the physician and surgeon last in attendance, on a deceased person shall state on the certificate of death the disease or condition directly leading to death, antecedent causes, other significant conditions contributing to death and any other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate; he or she shall also specify the time in attendance, the time he or she last saw the deceased person alive, and the hour and day on which death occurred, except in deaths required to be investigated by the coroner. The physician and surgeon or physician assistant shall specifically indicate the existence of any cancer as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 103885, of which the physician and surgeon or physician assistant has actual knowledge.
(b) A physician and surgeon may designate, one or more other physicians and surgeons who have access to the physician and surgeon’s records, to act as agent for the physician and surgeon for purposes of the performance of his or her duties under this section, provided that any person so designated acts in consultation with the physician and surgeon.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 339. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Responsibility of Coroner › Section 102850.

102850. A physician and surgeon, physician assistant, funeral director, or other person shall immediately notify the coroner when he or she has knowledge of a death that occurred or has charge of a body in which death occurred under any of the following circumstances:
(a)  Without medical attendance.
(b)  During the continued absence of the attending physician and surgeon.
(c)  Where the attending physician and surgeon or the physician assistant is unable to state the cause of death.
(d)  Where suicide is suspected.
(e)  Following an injury or an accident.
(f)  Under circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that the death was caused by the criminal act of another.
Any person who does not notify the coroner as required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Responsibility of Coroner › Section 102855.

102855. The coroner whose duty it is to investigate such deaths shall ascertain as many as possible of the facts required by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Responsibility of Coroner › Section 102860.

102860. The coroner shall state on the certificate of death the disease or condition directly leading to death, antecedent causes, other significant conditions contributing to death and other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate, and the hour and day on which death occurred. The coroner shall specifically indicate the existence of any cancer, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 103885, of which he or she has actual knowledge.
The coroner shall within three days after examining the body deliver the death certificate to the attending funeral director.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Responsibility of Coroner › Section 102865.

102865. In any case involving an infant under the age of one year where the gross autopsy results in a presumed diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome, the coroner shall, within 24 hours of the gross autopsy, notify the local health officer, as defined in Section 123740.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Responsibility of Coroner › Section 102870.

102870. (a)  In deaths investigated by the coroner or medical examiner where he or she is unable to establish the identity of the body or human remains by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, the coroner or medical examiner may have a qualified dentist, as determined by the coroner or medical examiner, carry out a dental examination of the body or human remains. If the coroner or medical examiner with the aid of the dental examination and other identifying findings is still unable to establish the identity of the body or human remains, he or she shall prepare and forward the dental examination records to the Department of Justice on forms supplied by the Department of Justice for that purpose.
(b)  The Department of Justice shall act as a repository or computer center, or both, with respect to dental examination records and the final report of investigation specified in Section 27521 of the Government Code. The Department of Justice shall compare the dental examination records and the final report of investigation, if applicable, to records filed with the Violent Crime Information Center (Title 12 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 4 of the Penal Code), shall determine which scoring probabilities are the highest for purposes of identification, and shall submit the information to the coroner or medical examiner who submitted the dental examination records and the final report of investigation, if applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 284, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 5 - American Indians › Section 102900.

102900. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)  Birth and death certificate-linking studies done by the department in 1974 and repeated in 1984, show unacceptably high rates of error in the completion of death certificate information recording ethnicity for American Indian infants.
(b)  Official vital data on deaths for American Indians in the State of California indicate an implausible death rate equal to one-half of the United States rate for all races and one-quarter of the rate for American Indians in all states.
(c)  Good demographic data on the American Indian people within the state does not exist and the data that does exist is fragmented and difficult to access and compile.
(d)  The lack of accurate vital data on American Indians in California results in a significant loss of federal funds for the provision of health care and promotion services to American Indian people residing in 37 rural counties within the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 5 - American Indians › Section 102905.

102905. (a)  The Rural Health Division of the department shall cause to be undertaken a three-year study for the purpose of establishing more valid statistics regarding American Indian death rates, including rates for the 10 leading causes of death for American Indians within the 37 designated rural Indian counties as follows: Humboldt, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, Del Norte, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Plumas, Yuba, Yolo, Tehama, Sutter, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Tulare, Tuolumne, Amador, Mariposa, Calaveras, Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mono, Inyo, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, Lassen, Santa Barbara, Trinity, and San Diego.
(b)  This study shall enlist the fullest possible participation of the Indian community and specifically the Indian clinics currently providing health care services to rural Indians of the state. This project shall be administered in a manner that allows for input from, and consultation with, concerned tribes and tribal organizations and American Indian-controlled health care corporations.
(c)  This study shall identify methods to improve the quality of official state data on Indian mortality and carry out activities to achieve that goal, including the provision of training and the development of educational materials for morticians and coroners operating within the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 5 - American Indians › Section 102910.

102910. For the purpose of conducting the three-year study required pursuant to Section 102905, the department is hereby encouraged to contract with a federally recognized tribe or tribal organization or an American Indian-controlled health care corporation or research institution having a record of good standing with the Department of Managed Health Care and the Indian Health program within the department, and established competence in the area of records management.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 857, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 5 - American Indians › Section 102915.

102915. The study shall be conducted in three phases, as follows:
(a)  Phase one of the study shall include research design and data acquisition, including funds for the purchase of data from tribal, federal, state, and county sources and the encoding of this data to a computer-readable form.
(b)  Phase two of the study shall include a computerized matching of the American Indian-specific data with the officially known deaths within the state for a selected two-year period, and all necessary statistical analysis and validation of any findings.
(c)  Phase three shall include the dissemination of the findings from the study, including efforts to improve the collection of vital event data on the American Indian population within the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 5 - American Indians › Section 102925.

102925. The state department shall begin to implement the activities referred to in Sections 102905, 102910, 102915, and 102920 only upon an appropriation for the specific purpose of funding the activities.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 6 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection Pilot Program › Section 102935.

102935. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) There is a lack of understanding about the relationship between risk of violent death, such as suicide or homicide, and an individual’s sexual orientation and gender identity. This is because, unlike veteran status or ethnicity, the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals are only captured in special circumstances. By training coroners and medical examiners how to gather mortality data with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity, researchers and policymakers can begin to learn who the most vulnerable in the LGBTQ community are, and allocate resources that will reduce the number of preventable deaths.
(b) The State Department of Public Health maintains statewide vital statistics data, including records of births, deaths, and marriages. The department administers the state’s electronic death registration system. Sexual orientation and gender identity data is not currently collected in that information.
(c) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to create a pilot program under which coroners and medical examiners are trained to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data in all cases of violent death, in order to encourage a better understanding of disparities in the mortality rate in the LGBTQ community and to assist the development of policies to address those disparities at the county level.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 177, Sec. 1. (AB 1094) Effective January 1, 2022. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed in Section 102938. Repealed January 1 following the inoperative date.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 6 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection Pilot Program › Section 102936.

102936. (a) The department shall establish a three-year pilot program in up to six counties that agree to participate, for the identification and collection by coroners and medical examiners of gender identity and sexual orientation in cases of violent death.
(b) The department shall select at least one county from the northern, southern, and central regions of the state to participate in the pilot program and shall take into account representation of urban, rural, and suburban areas.
(c) A participating county shall agree to receive training from a qualified public or private agency with expertise in identifying and collecting clinical data pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity, including cultural competency, respect of confidentiality, and other best practices in the collection of that data. The department shall provide participating counties with a list of approved training entities.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 177, Sec. 1. (AB 1094) Effective January 1, 2022. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed in Section 102938. Repealed January 1 following the inoperative date.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 6 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection Pilot Program › Section 102937.

102937. (a) The coroner or medical examiner shall begin data collection upon completion of the training. For each year of the pilot program, the data shall be aggregated, deidentified, and reported to the board of supervisors and the department.
(b) For each year of the pilot program, the department shall include the data reported pursuant to this article in the California Violent Death Reporting System established pursuant to Section 131230.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 177, Sec. 1. (AB 1094) Effective January 1, 2022. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed in Section 102938. Repealed January 1 following the inoperative date.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Death Registration › ARTICLE 6 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection Pilot Program › Section 102938.

102938. This article shall become inoperative on the date the State Public Health Officer certifies that the final year of data from the pilot program has been submitted to the California Violent Death Reporting System as required under subdivision (b) of Section 102937, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 177, Sec. 1. (AB 1094) Effective January 1, 2022. Conditionally repealed as prescribed by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 6, commencing with Section 102935.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Fetal Death › Section 102950.

102950. (a) Each fetal death in which the fetus has advanced to or beyond the 20th week of uterogestation shall be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths of the district in which the fetal death was officially pronounced within eight calendar days following the event and prior to any disposition of the fetus.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to the termination of a pregnancy performed in compliance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 123460) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 661, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Fetal Death › Section 102955.

102955. A funeral director, or if there is no funeral director, the person acting in lieu thereof, shall prepare the certificate and register it with the local registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)