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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.7. Original birth certificate; required contents; other information regarding the parents

RS 40:34.7 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.8. Original birth certificate; required contents; certification of attendant

RS 40:34.8 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.9. Original birth certificate; required contents; attestation of local filing

RS 40:34.9 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.10. Death certificate; required contents

RS 40:34.10 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.11. Paternity acknowledgement affidavit; required contents

RS 40:34.11 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.12. Provision of information to aid implementation of program of family support

RS 40:34.12 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.13. Registration of acknowledgements and adjudications of paternity

RS 40:34.13 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:35. Failure to complete medical certification

RS 40:35 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:36. State registrar as custodian

RS 40:36 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:37. Local registrars; duties

RS 40:37 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:38. Certified copies, issuance

RS 40:38 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:39. Issuance of short-form birth certification cards

RS 40:39 - Issuance of short-form birth certification cards
A. The state registrar shall issue short form birth certification cards containing a true certification of name and birth facts as recorded on the original documents on file in the vital records registry, and for use as legal proof of the recorded facts of birth for all purposes.
B. Short-form birth certification cards and abstracts shall be issued only for those births registered with the central vital records registry within twelve years of the date of birth.
C. An applicant requesting the issuance of a "long-form" certified photocopy or certified record of the original birth record in lieu of the "short-form birth certificate card" may obtain it by submitting an application and appropriate fee.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 657, §1; Acts 1990, No. 237, §1; Acts 1995, No. 722, §1, eff. June 21, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:40. Fees for certified copies

RS 40:40 - Fees for certified copies
Fees for filing, searching, and furnishing copies of vital records shall be determined as follows:
(1) A fee of five dollars for the issuance of a short-form birth certification card.
(2) A fee of eleven dollars for the issuance of a certified photocopy or certified record of an original birth record, or "long-form" copy.
(3) A fee of nine dollars for the issuance of an initial certified copy of a death certificate sold to funeral directors, and a fee of seven dollars for all subsequent issuances of the same death certificate.
(4) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing a delayed certificate of birth or death.
(5) A fee of five dollars for each certified copy of a delayed certificate of birth or death.
(6) A fee of fifteen dollars for each marriage license and a fee of five dollars for each certified copy of a marriage certificate.
(7) Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 657, §2.
(8) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing an acknowledgment in connection with a certificate of birth on file.
(9) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing an adoption judgment in connection with a certificate of birth on file.
(10) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing of any correction of a birth or death certificate, except corrections that are initiated within ninety days of the filing date shall be made without charge.
(11) A fee of five dollars for each certified copy of a certificate after amendment by the filing of an acknowledgment, adoption, or correction.
(12) In the event that there is no record on file, the fee shall be retained to cover time consumed in searching for any record.
(13) Services provided to public bodies shall be subject to regulations duly promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
(14) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Paragraphs of this Section to the contrary, in no case shall a fee be charged for the first certified copy of a birth certificate mailed to the address of the parent shown on the newborn child's birth certificate. This certified copy shall be mailed as soon as practical after the birth certificate has been accepted for registration and numbering. Fees for subsequent certified copies of birth certificates shall be charged in accordance with other Paragraphs of this Section.
(15) A fee of ten dollars for each certified copy of an evidentiary document.
(16) A fee of ten dollars for each certified copy of a divorce certificate.
(17) A fee of ten dollars for issuance of a putative father registry certificate.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 460, §1; Acts 1983, No. 477, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 347, §1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1990, No. 237, §1; Acts 1992, No. 461, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 1138, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 657, §§1 and 2; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:42. Evidentiary character of certificates

RS 40:42 - Evidentiary character of certificates
A. Except for delayed or altered certificates, every original certificate on file in the vital records registry is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. The names of parents as entered on birth and death records shall not be deemed to be prima facie evidence of the existence of a marriage between the said parents.
B. Certified copies of original certificates shall be admitted as evidence under the same conditions as the original certificate. Upon service of a subpoena at least seven days in advance of the return date, the state registrar shall forward a certified copy of the subpoenaed document, by certified mail, to the clerk of court or other lawful authority who issued the subpoena. A personal return with the original document shall not be required unless the court or other lawful authority, for good cause shown, orders the production of the original by a personal return by the state registrar or his designee.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 657, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1986, No. 621, §2; Acts 1987, No. 341, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:44. Compulsory registration of births; rejection of certificates

RS 40:44 - Compulsory registration of births; rejection of certificates
A.(1) A certificate of every childbirth shall be filed with the local registrar within fifteen days after birth in the parish in which the birth occurred or, at the direction of the state registrar, the certificate shall be filed directly with the central vital records registry. In the event that any information or signature required by this Chapter has not been obtained within the time allowed, the person responsible for preparing the certificate shall nevertheless file the certificate with such information and signatures as have been obtained and shall demonstrate that a reasonable effort has been made to obtain the missing information or signature. For the purposes of this Section, a request by certified mail to the last known address of the person or entity having the needed information or required to sign after an attempt to contact the person or entity by regular mail, telephone, or both, shall constitute reasonable effort.
(2) In the event that a signature other than the physician's signature has not been obtained, then the hospital shall also certify on a separate document that the information contained on the certificate accurately reflects the contents of the medical record. The state registrar or local registrar shall then sign the certificate in place of the missing signature.
B. No certificate shall be returned for completion which complies with this Section. No certificate which is otherwise accurate and legible shall be rejected for minor blemishes or aesthetic flaws, except that certificates which contain erasures, liquid paper, type-overs, or other evidence of alteration in the legal section shall not be accepted by the state registrar nor shall documents be accepted which are not machine readable due to information overlap with lines or text on the birth certificate form.
C. A certificate not in compliance with this Section or otherwise properly rejected shall be returned within fifteen days of receipt by the local registrar to the person charged by R.S. 40:45 with preparing it. That person shall, within fifteen days of receipt, obtain the missing information or signature or demonstrate that a reasonable effort has been made to obtain the missing information or signature.
Acts 1991, No. 820, §1; Acts 1995, No. 617, §1, eff. June 18, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46. Amendments to certificate of birth

RS 40:46 - Amendments to certificate of birth
A. The state registrar of vital records is authorized to amend an original birth certificate in accordance with Louisiana law.
B. Any change in the surname of a child from that required or allowed in R.S. 40:34.2 shall be made by court order as provided in R.S. 13:4751 through 4755 or as otherwise provided in this Chapter or by rules promulgated thereunder.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 624, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13; Acts 2012, No. 621, §1; Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.1. Amended birth certificates; change of biological filiation; general principle

RS 40:46.1 - Amended birth certificates; change of biological filiation; general principle
If the biological filiation of a child changes after a birth certificate has been prepared for the child, the state registrar shall amend the birth certificate to reflect this change, in accordance with R.S. 40:46.2 through 46.11.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.5. Change of paternal filiation; contestation and establishment of paternity

RS 40:46.5 - Change of paternal filiation; contestation and establishment of paternity
If the surname of the child, the name of the father of the child, or other information pertaining to the father as it was entered on the birth certificate was that of the man who was presumed to be the father of the child under Civil Code Article 185 or 186 and if the mother of the child, after the birth certificate was prepared, obtains a final and definitive judgment contesting and establishing paternity of the child, the state registrar, upon receipt of a certified copy of that final and definitive judgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:
(1) Strikethroughs: Strike through the surname of the child, the name of the father of the child, and the other information pertaining to the father, in particular, his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number.
(2) Additions:
(a) For the surname of the child, enter either that of the present husband of the mother or, if both agree, her maiden name or surname or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname.
(b) For the name of the father and his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the present husband of the mother.
(c) Upon the petition of the mother of the child, a court may, for good cause shown, order the state registrar to enter, as the surname of the child, the maiden name or surname of the mother or a combination of the surname of the man whose surname should otherwise be given to the child under Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph and the maiden name or surname of the mother, whichever she may choose, even if that man does not concur.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.6. Change of paternal filiation; marriage and formal acknowledgment

RS 40:46.6 - Change of paternal filiation; marriage and formal acknowledgment
Following the birth of a child, if Civil Code Article 195 applies, the state registrar, upon receipt of (i) a certified copy of the certificate of the marriage of the mother of the child, (ii) a certified copy of the act in which her husband formally acknowledged the child, and (iii) if the mother did not sign the act of acknowledgment, her affidavit that she concurs in this formal acknowledgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:
(1) Strikethroughs: If the mother and her husband have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of her husband, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, strike through the surname of the child.
(2) Additions:
(a) If the mother and her husband have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of her husband, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, enter the surname upon which they have agreed.
(b) For the name of the father, his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the husband of the mother.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.7. Change of paternal filiation; formal acknowledgment alone

RS 40:46.7 - Change of paternal filiation; formal acknowledgment alone
A. In a case to which Civil Code Article 196 applies, the state registrar, upon receipt of (i) a certified copy of the act of formal acknowledgment and (ii) if the mother did not sign the act of acknowledgment, her affidavit that she concurs in this formal acknowledgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:
(1) Strikethroughs: If the mother and the man who made the acknowledgment have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the man who made the acknowledgment, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, strike through the surname of the child.
(2) Additions:
(a) If the mother and the man who made the acknowledgment have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the man who made the acknowledgment, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, enter the surname upon which they have agreed.
(b) For the name of the father and his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the man who made the acknowledgment.
B. If, after a birth certificate has been amended pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, the man who made the formal acknowledgment should revoke or annul it, the state registrar, upon receipt of the form described in R.S. 9:406(A)(1)(a) or a final and definitive judgment recognizing that a revocation or annulment has been accomplished, shall amend the birth certificate as follows: strike through any information that was added to the birth certificate and restore any information that was struck through when it was amended.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.10. Child born as a result of a surrogacy agreement

RS 40:46.10 - Child born as a result of a surrogacy agreement
A. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the biological parents, proven to be so by DNA testing, shall be considered the parents of the child.
B. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the surname of the biological parents of the child shall be the surname of the child.
C. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the birth certificate of the child shall be amended so that the full name of the biological parent who is proven to be the father by DNA testing shall be listed as the father.
D. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the birth certificate of the child shall be amended so that the full name, including the maiden name and other surname, of the biological parent who is proved to be the mother by DNA testing shall be listed as the mother, and the name of the surrogate birth parent shall be struck through.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.11. Review by district attorney

RS 40:46.11 - Review by district attorney
At the time at which the child requests the amendment of the existing birth certificate under R.S. 40:46 et seq., the state registrar shall require an affidavit to be obtained from the district attorney of the parish in which the child resides or is domiciled stating any objection to the name change. If the district attorney does not object, the state registrar shall prepare a new birth certificate for the major child. If there is an objection, the state registrar may not proceed to prepare a new birth certificate until the district attorney's objection has been resolved.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:46.13. Paternity establishment services

RS 40:46.13 - Paternity establishment services
The state registrar shall provide voluntary paternity establishment services in accordance with regulations prescribed by the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The state registrar may designate specific employees in the offices of the vital records registry who shall possess notarial powers to administer an oath to any person in connection with any document required in the course of establishing paternity.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:47. Compulsory registration of deaths and spontaneous fetal deaths (stillbirths)

RS 40:47 - Compulsory registration of deaths and spontaneous fetal deaths (stillbirths)
A. A certificate of every death and every spontaneous fetal death except as noted in R.S. 40:49(B)(9) shall be filed with a registrar within five days after its occurrence. If the place of death or spontaneous fetal death is not known, the certificate shall be filed with the state registrar within five days after the finding of the body. In any case, a certificate shall be filed prior to interment, cremation, removal, or other disposition of the body. The place where the body is found shall be known as the place of death. If the date of death is unknown, it shall be determined by approximation.
B. When spontaneous fetal death, required to be reported by this Section, occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery or when inquiry is required by R.S. 40:34.10(19)(d) the coroner shall investigate the cause of death and shall prepare and file the certificate within five days.
C. When a spontaneous fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this state. The place where the fetus was first removed from the conveyance or the dead fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §14.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:48. Abortions (induced termination of pregnancy); birth and death certificates

RS 40:48 - Abortions (induced termination of pregnancy); birth and death certificates
A. Whenever an abortion procedure results in a live birth, a birth certificate shall be issued certifying the birth of said born human being even though said human being may thereafter die. For the purposes of this Section a human being is live born, or there is a live birth, whenever there is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a human embryo or fetus, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or movement of the voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. In the event death does ensue after a short time, a death certificate shall be issued. Both the birth and the death certificates shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this Part and of rules and regulations of the Louisiana Department of Health.
B. Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this state shall be reported to the vital records registry within fifteen days by the person in charge of the institution in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery shall prepare and file the report.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:50. Issuance of death certificates; duties of state registrar

RS 40:50 - Issuance of death certificates; duties of state registrar
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the funeral director or other person required by law to initiate a death certificate shall initiate such certificate in original only, and shall file the original with a local registrar. The local registrar of each parish shall retain this original in his office for a period of ten days from the date the certificate is filed.
B. If no certified copy has been issued or if all certified copies issued have been returned and destroyed by him, a local registrar, upon receipt of documentary evidence or affidavit of the original informant, may make corrections on these certificates during this ten-day period, provided that no changes or corrections may be made as to the time of death or cause of death.
C. A local registrar may issue certified copies of any death certificate during the ten-day period it is retained by him, and the certification of the local registrar shall have the same legal effect as certification by the state registrar, as otherwise provided by law. The local registrar shall forward each death certificate to the state registrar on the tenth day after the certificate is filed with him. Each month the state registrar shall notify each parish registrar of voters as to the name, address, and age of each resident of that parish over eighteen years of age for whom a death certificate has been received.
D. After preparation by the funeral director or other person required by law to initiate a death certificate and issuance from the local registrar, the state registrar shall provide the official death certificate to any applicant who meets the requirements of R.S. 40:41 within ten business days after the state registrar has received the applicant's request for the death certificate. The state registrar's provision of the death certificate to the applicant shall be deemed timely when it has been mailed via the United States Postal Service, or with a commercial mail service, with a timely commercial mail meter stamp or commercial mail service certificate that is within the ten-business-day period. Any death certificate provided to an applicant outside of the ten business days that is unable to be meter-stamped for United States Postal Service mail delivery or certified for commercial mail service delivery during the ten-business-day period due to events outside of the state registrar's control shall be considered timely provided.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2022, No. 134, §1; Acts 2022, No. 271, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:51. Delayed determination of cause of death

RS 40:51 - Delayed determination of cause of death
If the cause of death cannot be determined within three days after death, the certification of the cause of death may be returned after the prescribed period, but the attending physician or coroner shall notify the local registrar of the parish in which the death occurred, in writing, of the reason for the delayed certification of the cause of death, in order that a permit for the disposition of the body may be issued.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:52. Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a death in state; requirements to obtain death certificate before removing body out of the continental United States

RS 40:52 - Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a death in state; requirements to obtain death certificate before removing body out of the continental United States
When a death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurs in this state or when a dead human body is found, the deceased, stillborn child, or dead human body shall not be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, removed from the state, cremated, or otherwise disposed of until a burial transit permit has been issued by a local registrar. However, a dead human body shall not be removed from the continental United States until a burial transit permit has been issued and a death certificate has been completed by the parish coroner or a physician as required in R.S. 40:34.10(19).
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 2003, No. 657, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:53. Foreign permits; death outside state

RS 40:53 - Foreign permits; death outside state
When the death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurred outside this state and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal, or other disposition issued in accordance with the law and the regulations in force at the place where the death or stillbirth occurred, the body may be transported into or through this state. However, before the interment, cremation, or other disposal of the body within the state, the out of state permit shall be endorsed by the local registrar. The local registrar shall keep an appropriate record of all such permits endorsed by him.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:54. Prerequisites for permit

RS 40:54 - Prerequisites for permit
A permit shall be issued for burial within the state, for interment in a vault or tomb, for removal from the state, for scientific use, cremation, or other disposition without the necessity of a completed death certificate. However, no permit for the disposition by removal from the continental United States shall be issued by a local registrar until a certificate of death or stillbirth, has been completed by the parish coroner or a physician as required in R.S. 40:34.10(19), and has been filed with a local registrar. No permit may be issued unless and until all the regulations of the Louisiana Department of Health in respect to the issuance of the permit have been complied with. No permit shall be issued which would be contrary to the sanitary laws of the state.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 2003, No. 657, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:55. Marriage certificate; compulsory registration of marriages

RS 40:55 - Marriage certificate; compulsory registration of marriages
The marriage certificate is the record prepared for every marriage on a form approved by the state registrar. It shall contain the information prescribed. On the face of the certificate shall appear the certification to the fact of marriage, signed by the parties to the marriage and by the witnesses, and the signature and title of the officiant.
Every officiant of a marriage ceremony performed in this state shall sign a certificate of marriage in triplicate.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:57. Divorce certificate; registration of divorces and annulments

RS 40:57 - Divorce certificate; registration of divorces and annulments
For every divorce and every annulment of marriage decreed by any court, the clerk of the court shall prepare, within ten days after the decree becomes final, from the court records, a certificate of the decree on forms furnished by the state registrar.
On or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, the clerk shall forward the certificates which were prepared by him during the preceding calendar month to the state registrar.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:58. Fee of clerk of court for divorce and annulment report

RS 40:58 - Fee of clerk of court for divorce and annulment report
Every clerk of court acting under the previous Section shall receive a fee for each certificate prepared and forwarded by him to the state registrar. This fee shall be included and collected as court costs for the divorce or annulment.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:59. Delayed or altered certificates; allowed subject to department regulations

RS 40:59 - Delayed or altered certificates; allowed subject to department regulations
The acceptance for filing by the state registrar of any certificate more than six months after the time prescribed for its filing and any alteration of any certificate after it is filed with the state registrar is subject to regulations in which the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall prescribe in detail the proofs to be submitted by any applicant for delayed filing or for an alteration of a certificate. Notwithstanding regulations of the department regarding the proofs necessary for the alteration of a certificate, the state registrar shall permit alteration or correction of information supplied by the informant with the exception of the name of the surviving spouse on a death certificate within one year from the date of death. This shall not apply to typographical errors in the name of the spouse. Other errors may be corrected upon presentation of an affidavit stating the errant information and the correction thereto and bearing the signature of the informant, or if unavailable the signature of a member of the immediate family, unless the information was taken from hospital or other records, in which case, an affidavit executed by a member of immediate or surviving family of the deceased shall be sufficient. After one year from the date of death, all alterations and corrections shall comply with departmental regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1987, No. 360, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:61. Penalties

RS 40:61 - Penalties
A. A fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both, shall be imposed on:
(1) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required by this Chapter, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof; or
(2) Any person who without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends, or mutilates any certificate, record, or report required by this Chapter or a certified copy of such certificate, record, or report; or
(3) Any person who willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, or report required by this Chapter or certified copy thereof so made, counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated, or which is false in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person, whether living or deceased; or
(4) In addition to dismissal proceedings pursuant to state civil service regulations, any employee of the vital records registry or office of public health who willfully and knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate of birth or death, or certified copy of a certificate of birth or death, or discloses information contained in a certificate of birth or death, with the knowledge or intention that it be used for the purposes of deception.
(5) Any person who without lawful authority possesses any certificate, record, or report, required by this Chapter or a copy or certified copy of such certificate, record, or report knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.
B. A fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, shall be imposed on:
(1) Any person who willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required by this Chapter or regulations adopted hereunder; or
(2) Any person who willfully and knowingly transports or accepts for removal, interment, or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this Chapter; or
(3) Any person who willfully and knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him or her by this Chapter.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2004, No. 254, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §17, eff. June 11, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:62. Issuance of new birth certificate after anatomical change of sex by surgery

RS 40:62 - Issuance of new birth certificate after anatomical change of sex by surgery
A. Any person born in Louisiana who has sustained sex reassignment or corrective surgery which has changed the anatomical structure of the sex of the individual to that of a sex other than that which appears on the original birth certificate of the individual, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction as provided in this Section to obtain a new certificate of birth.
B. Suits authorized by this Section shall be filed contradictorily against the state registrar in the judicial district court having jurisdiction over the parish in which the petitioner resides or over the parish in which the petitioner was born. A nonresident born in Louisiana shall file the petition in the parish of birth. The suit of any petitioner born in Louisiana shall be filed contradictorily against the state registrar. In the event the petitioner is married, the spouse shall also be a necessary party to the suit. To the extent that the petitioner's name is to be changed, the district attorney shall also be a necessary party. In all cases the petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the petitioner's original birth record, in which case the short-form birth certificate card shall not be sufficient.
C. The court shall require such proof as it deems necessary to be convinced that the petitioner was properly diagnosed as a transsexual or pseudo-hermaphrodite, that sex reassignment or corrective surgery has been properly performed upon the petitioner, and that as a result of such surgery and subsequent medical treatment the anatomical structure of the sex of the petitioner has been changed to a sex other than that which is stated on the original birth certificate of the petitioner.
If the court shall find that the evidence sustains the required proof, the court shall render a judgment ordering the issuance of a new birth certificate changing the sex designated thereon from that shown upon the petitioner's original certificate of birth. The petitioner may in the same suit seek to have the name of the petitioner changed, and the court may render judgment in accordance with law upon this additional petition at the same time.
D.(1) A certified copy of the petition and judgment for a new certificate pursuant to this Section shall be furnished to the state registrar of vital records at New Orleans within ten days after the judgment is rendered. The registrar shall issue to the petitioner a new certificate or certified copy thereof; whereupon the original birth certificate and the copy of the petition and judgment received by the registrar shall be sealed in a package and filed in the archives of the vital records registry.
(2) This sealed package shall be opened only upon demand of the individual to whom the new certificate was issued, and then only by order of the court which rendered the judgment ordering the issuance of the new certificate.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:62.1. Issuance of new birth certificate for child with mistaken sex designation on original birth record

RS 40:62.1 - Issuance of new birth certificate for child with mistaken sex designation on original birth record
A. Where a child's sex designation and consequently the child's first or given name is erroneously recorded at the time of birth on an original birth certificate, the state registrar may prepare a new certificate with a proper sex designation and allow the child's first or given name to be changed when the parent or parents of the child, or in the absence of a parent, the person legally responsible for the child, requests a new birth certificate and presents competent medical evidence in the form of affidavits from two or more physicians certifying and establishing by medical diagnosis that the original erroneous sex designation was due to a hereditary genetic defect or hormone deficiency, including but not limited to congenital adrenal hyperplasia or a related condition, and not due to sexual reassignment or major corrective surgery as contemplated in R.S. 40:62.
B. Upon the issuance of a new birth certificate, the child's original birth certificate together with the affidavits and related evidence received by the state registrar shall be sealed in a package or envelope and filed in the archives of the vital records registry. This sealed package or envelope shall be opened only upon the demand of a parent, or other person legally responsible for the child in the absence of a parent, or the individual registrant, after emancipation or reaching the age of majority, and then only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction in the parish wherein the vital records registry is legally domiciled.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 657, §1. Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.