Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 146 - OFFICE OF DATA, RESEARCH AND VITAL STATISTICS › Chapter 10 - BIRTH REGISTRATION › Section 146-10-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Acknowledgment of Paternity.
				"Acknowledgment of paternity" means the form or electronic process prescribed
				and furnished by the state registrar for the purpose of recording the consent
				of each parent for entering the father's name on the birth certificate of a
				child born out of wedlock.
B.
				Certificate of Live Birth. "Certificate of live birth" means the form or
				electronic process in general use for registering births which occur in
				Maine.
C. Date of Filing. "Date of
				filing" means the date a vital record or report is accepted for registration by
				the Office of Vital Statistics or a municipal clerk.
D. File. "File" means the presentation and
				acceptance of a vital record or report for registration by the Office of Vital
				Statistics or a municipal clerk.
E.
				Institution. "Institution" means any establishment, public or private, which
				provides inpatient or outpatient birthing services.
F. Live Birth. "Live birth" means the
				complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human
				conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such
				expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other evidence of life, such as
				beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of
				voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the
				placenta is attached. Heartbeats are to be distinguished from transient cardiac
				contractions; respirations are to be distinguished from fleeting respiratory
				efforts or gasps.
G. Municipal
				Clerk. "Municipal clerk" means the duly elected or appointed clerk of the city,
				town or plantation where the birth occurred.
H. Office of Vital Statistics. "Office of
				Vital Statistics" means the Office of Data, Research, and Vital
				Statistics.
I. Out-of-Wedlock Birth.
				"Out-of-wedlock birth" means the birth of a child whose mother was not married
				at the time of either conception or birth, or at any time between conception
				and birth.
J. Physician.
				"Physician" means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine or
				osteopathy pursuant to the laws of Maine.
K. Registration. "Registration" means the
				process by which vital records are completed, filed, and incorporated into the
				official records of the Office of Vital Statistics and/or the appropriate
				municipal clerks. Registration is complete when the Office of Vital Statistics
				or municipal clerk enters the date of filing.
L. State Registrar. "State registrar" means
				the State Registrar, Deputy State Registrar, or other designated employee of
				the Office of Vital Statistics.
M.
				Time Periods. As used in this rule, the following time periods are delineated:
"2 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins
				  and any intermediate Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
"5 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins
				  and any intermediate Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
"7 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins.
				  It includes Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays unless the 7th day falls on a
				  Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday; in that case, the period ends on the next
				  day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
				  holiday.