2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 41 - Vital Statistics › Title 5 - Registration of Fetal Deaths › 4160-A - Certificate of Still Birth.

§  4160-a.  Certificate  of  still birth. 1. The department, or in the
  city of New York, the board of health, shall establish a certificate  of
  still  birth. The registrar with whom a fetal death certificate is filed
  shall issue a certificate of still birth to the parent or parents  named
  on  a  fetal  death certificate issued in the case of a stillbirth, upon
  the request of such parent or parents. If both parents are  deceased  at
  the  time  of  the stillbirth, the registrar shall issue the certificate
  to, and upon the request of, the sibling,  parent,  or  parents  of  the
  birth parents.
2.  A  certificate  issued pursuant to this section shall include such
  appropriate information as shall be determined by the department  or  if
  the stillbirth occurred in the city of New York, by the board of health,
  and shall be on a form established by the department or city of New York
  board  of  health  which  is  similar,  as  applicable, to the form of a
  certificate prescribed by  section  forty-one  hundred  thirty  of  this
  article relating to a live birth.
3. A person who prepares a fetal death certificate pursuant to section
  forty-one  hundred sixty of this title or, if the stillbirth occurred in
  the city of New York, pursuant to the New  York  City  health  code,  or
  their  designee,  shall  inform,  in writing, the parent or parents of a
  stillborn fetus of the right to receive a certificate  of  still  birth.
  Provided,  however that if both parents are deceased at the time of such
  stillbirth, then the person shall  so  inform  the  sibling,  parent  or
  parents of the birth parent or parents.
4.  The  person  who  prepares  a certificate pursuant to this section
  shall include thereon the name given  to  the  stillborn  fetus  by  the
  parents,  if  the  parent  or  parents wish to include such name on such
  certificate.
5. A certificate issued pursuant to this section shall not  constitute
  proof  of  a live birth. Furthermore, such certificate shall not be used
  to calculate live birth statistics.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parent  or
  parents  may  elect  to  have  the  disclosure  of  and  access  to  the
  information included on such certificate limited to the parents named on
  the certificate, their lawful representatives, to  authorized  personnel
  of the department, and to the registrar.
7.  For the purposes of this section, the term "stillbirth" shall mean
  the unintended intrauterine death of  a  fetus  that  occurs  after  the
  clinical estimate of the twentieth week of gestation.
8. A certificate of still birth may be requested and issued regardless
  of the date on which the fetal death certificate was issued.
9.  The  registrar  may charge a fee for the issuance of a certificate
  under  this  section  equal  to  the  fee  authorized  by  law  for  the
  certification of a birth or death.
10.  This section shall apply to the city of New York, notwithstanding
  section forty-one hundred four of this article. For the purposes of this
  section, in relation to the city of New York, the term "registrar" shall
  mean the official of  the  city  of  New  York  with  whom  fetal  death
  certificates are filed.