Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 10 - Office of the Director › Chapter 10 - Vital Records › Section 19 CSR 10-10.040 - Filing a Certificate of Live Birth

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes a time for the
				  recording of births and clarifies the procedure, including births not attended
				  by a licensed physician or midwife.
(1) Any physician, midwife or other legally
				authorized person in attendance at a birth must file a birth certificate within
				seven (7) days after the date of birth.
(2) If the birth was not attended, one (1) of
				the parents must file a birth certificate within seven (7) days after the date
				of birth.
(3) The birth certificate
				shall include the following items: registration district number; registrar's
				number; child's name, date of birth, time of birth, sex; city, town or location
				of birth; county of birth; place of birth; if residence (home) birth, was it
				planned that way; facility name; certifier signature, date signed, certifier's
				name and title; attendant's name and title, attendant's Missouri license
				number, attendant's mailing address; registrar's signature, date signed by
				registrar; mother's name, maiden surname, date of birth, birthplace,
				residence-state, county, city, town or location, street and number; inside city
				limits-yes or no; years living at present address; mother's mailing address;
				father's name, date of birth; birthplace; signature of parent or other
				informant, relation to child; permission given to provide Social Security
				Administrative (SSA) with the necessary birth information to issue Social
				Security number-yes or no; mother of Hispanic origin-no or yes-specify; father
				of Hispanic origin-no or yes-specify; race of mother; race of father;
				education-mother; education-father; mother participated during pregnancy (check
				all that apply); live births now living; live births now dead; date of last
				live birth; other terminations; date of last termination; mother married to
				father-yes or no; date last normal menses began; month pregnancy prenatal care
				began; number of prenatal visits; birth weight; crown heel length; clinical
				estimate of gestation; plurality; if not single birth-specify; other risk
				factors for this pregnancy-tobacco use during pregnancy, alcohol use during
				pregnancy; mother's height; mother's weight before pregnancy; weight gained
				during pregnancy; apgar score; mother transferred from another facility or
				physician's office prior to delivery-yes or no; infant transferred-yes or no;
				mother's blood tested for syphilis; prophylactic drug used in baby's eyes;
				medical risk factors for this pregnancy; obstetric procedures; complications of
				labor, delivery, or both; method of delivery; abnormal conditions of the
				newborn; and congenital anomalies of child.
(4) A live birth certificate shall be filed
				for any child showing any evidence of life such as breathing, action of heart
				or movement of voluntary muscles, after the child is entirely outside of the
				mother, even if the cord is uncut and the placenta is still attached.
*Original authority: 193.085, RSMo 1984, amended
					 1997.