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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 05 - Practices and Procedures › Part 4 - Practices and Procedures Before the Rhode Island Department of Health › Section 216-RICR-10-05-4.18 - Declaratory Rulings

Current through June 14, 2024
A. As prescribed by
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-8, any interested person may
				  petition the Director, in the form prescribed by §
										4.7   of this Part for a
				  declaratory ruling. The Director shall consider the petition and within a
				  reasonable time shall:
1. Issue a declaratory
				  ruling; or
2. Notify the petitioner
				  that no declaratory ruling is to be issued.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 05 - Practices and Procedures › Part 4 - Practices and Procedures Before the Rhode Island Department of Health › Section 216-RICR-10-05-4.19 - Exculpatory Material

Current through June 14, 2024
Any Department attorney or employee, appearing in an
					 adjudicatory proceeding on behalf of them Department, has a duty to disclose to
					 the other parties to the proceeding relevant material or information which
					 supports the position of any other party, where the value of the material or
					 information to that party is or should have been apparent, or where disclosure
					 of the material or information is specifically requested by a party. The duty
					 of the attorney or employee extends to material or information within her/his
					 personal knowledge or possession, or in the possession or control of or known
					 by any person who assisted the Department in the investigation or preparation
					 of the proceeding, and who either regularly reports to or with reference to the
					 particular proceeding has reported to the attorney or
					 employee.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 05 - Practices and Procedures › Part 4 - Practices and Procedures Before the Rhode Island Department of Health › Section 216-RICR-10-05-4.20 - Hearings Conducted as Part of License Renewal for Hospitals

Current through June 14, 2024
A. In accordance with its inspection and
				  investigatory responsibility and authority under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17
				  (Licensing of Health Care Facilities), the Department may conduct, or cause to
				  be conducted, a public hearing as part of the hospital licensure renewal
				  process. Such public hearing shall occur prior to the licensure renewal date
				  and shall be conducted pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-46 (Open
				  Meetings), except that a minimum of thirty (30) days advance notice shall be
				  provided.
B. In addition to
				  information required pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-46, the public
				  notice for such hearings shall specify that the Department is soliciting input
				  from the public regarding the compliance of licensed hospitals with the
				  following:
1. License conditions;
2. Hospital Conversion Act;
3. Certificate of Need conditions;
4. Financial disclosure;
5. Community benefit derived from operation
				  of the hospital;
6. Community
				  health assessment;
7. Federal CLAS
				  standards; and
8. Other specific
				  information the Director deems relevant to the renewal of a hospital's
				  license.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 05 - Practices and Procedures › Part 4 - Practices and Procedures Before the Rhode Island Department of Health › Section 216-RICR-10-05-4.21 - Licensure Review for Individuals Convicted of a Crime

Current through June 14, 2024
Applications by a person who has been convicted of a crime
					 or crime(s) for an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration
					 issued by the Department shall be reviewed in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws
					 §
										28-5.1-14. To the extent that any
					 Department regulation conflicts with §
										4.21   of this Part, the
					 provisions of §
										4.21   of this Part
					 control.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.1 - Authority and Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
These amended Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records
					 are promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred under R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-3, as
					 amended, and are established for the purpose of adopting an efficient statewide
					 vital records system for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of
					 the public.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.2 - Incorporated Materials

Current through June 14, 2024
These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the World
					 Professional Association for Transgender Health's "Standards of Care for the
					 Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People" (2011) by
					 reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to
					 the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these
					 Regulations.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.4 - Duties of the State Registrar of Vital Records

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen.
				  Laws §
										23-3-5,
				  the State Registrar shall:
1. Administer and
				  enforce the Act and these Regulations and issue instructions for the efficient
				  administration of the statewide system of vital records.
2. Direct and supervise the statewide system
				  of vital records and the Office of Vital Records and be custodian of its
				  records.
3. Direct, supervise and
				  control the activities of local registrars and the activities of town and city
				  clerks related to the operation of the system of vital records.
4. Prescribe, with approval of the Director,
				  and distribute such forms as are required by the Act and these
				  Regulations.
5. Prepare and publish
				  annual reports of vital records of Rhode Island and such other reports as may
				  be required by the Director.
6.
				  Provide a copy of each certificate of birth, death, and marriage to the city or
				  town clerk of the community of residence of the registrant(s) on or before the
				  tenth (10th) day of the month after the certificate
				  is received by the Office, except for those certificates filed directly with
				  the State Registrar or where the city or town has electronic access to the
				  vital record pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											23-3-10(d)(3).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.5 - Duties of Local Registrars

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Pursuant to the
				  provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-7,
				  the local registrar with respect to his/her city or town shall:
1. Administer and enforce the provisions of
				  the Act, these Regulations, and instructions issued hereunder.
2. Require that certificates be completed and
				  filed in accordance with provisions of the Act and these Regulations.
3. Transmit in accordance with §§
											1.10  and
				   1.21(D)   of
				  this Part, or such other sections of these Regulations, the certificates,
				  reports, or other returns filed with him/her for the preceding month to the
				  State Registrar or more frequently when directed to do so by the State
				  Registrar.
4. Maintain such
				  records, make such reports, and perform such other duties as may be required by
				  the State Registrar.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.6 - Authorized Forms

Current through June 14, 2024
A. In order to
				  promote and maintain uniformity in the system of vital records, the forms of
				  certificates, records, and other reports required by the Act or these
				  Regulations shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the Federal
				  agency responsible for national vital statistics, subject to the approval of
				  and modification by the Director.
B. No forms other than those supplied by the
				  State Registrar shall be used for vital records, and all such forms, records,
				  and reports are the property of the State of Rhode Island and shall be
				  surrendered to the State Registrar or his/her representative upon
				  demand.
C. The State Registrar
				  shall prepare and issue such instructions concerning the use of forms and
				  supplies as may be required to secure the uniform observance of the Act and the
				  maintenance of an adequate system for the collection, registration and
				  preservation of vital records throughout Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.7 - Duties to Report Information Required for Vital Records

Current through June 14, 2024
Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-27,
					 any person having knowledge of the facts regarding any birth, death, fetal
					 death, marriage or divorce, shall report such information as he/she may possess
					 upon demand of the State Registrar and in accordance with these
					 Regulations.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.8 - Acceptance of Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The State
				  Registrar and each local registrar to whom certificates are presented for
				  registration shall examine the certificates to determine that they have been
				  completed on authorized forms and in accordance with the Act, these
				  Regulations, and instructions of the State Registrar.
B. The State and local registrar shall only
				  accept a certificate or such other forms for registration if:
1. It is completed preferably electronically
				  or by machine with black non-water soluble ink;
2. It contains the hand, machine or
				  electronically printed name and the original signature, or electronic signature
				  as approved by the State Registrar, of the certifier on a birth, death, or
				  fetal death record, or of the officiant and witnesses on a marriage
				  record.
3. The cause of death is
				  hand, machine or electronically printed on the death record;
4. It is the original certificate on the
				  authorized form;
5. It contains
				  proper and consistent data;
6. It
				  contains no corrections made with correction fluid or correction
				  tape;
7. It includes all the
				  information requested on the form or satisfactorily accounts for any omission;
				  and
8. It is satisfactorily
				  completed in accordance with the Act and these Regulations.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.9 - Registration Procedure

Current through June 14, 2024
A. When the State
				  or local registrar with whom a certificate or other form is filed for
				  registration determines that the certificate or other form is acceptable for
				  registration, the registrar shall register the certificate or such other form
				  by entering on its face the date of registration and his/her signature.
1. The State Registrar and each local
				  registrar shall number vital records consecutively. Such numbering is to be
				  carried out separately for each category of vital event, beginning with the
				  number 1 on the first certificate of each vital event, registered for each
				  calendar year.
2. Each local
				  registrar shall retain copies of all certificates registered as required above
				  or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.10 - Transmittal Procedure

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Each local
				  registrar shall, on or before the twenty-fourth
				  (24th) day of each month, transmit to the State
				  Registrar all original certificates filed within his/her jurisdiction for vital
				  events which have occurred during or prior to the first fifteen (15) days of
				  that month.
B. On or before the
				  ninth (9th) day of each month, each local registrar
				  shall transmit to the State Registrar all original certificates filed within
				  his/her jurisdiction for vital events which have occurred during or prior to
				  the sixteenth (16th) through the last day of the
				  prior month.
C. Transmittal forms
				  provided by the State Registrar shall be completed and signed by the local
				  registrar and shall accompany each transmittal.
D. If no certificate of birth, death, fetal
				  death, or marriage was filed in any month, the local registrar shall, on or
				  before the ninth (9th) day of the following month,
				  transmit such report to the State Registrar on forms provided for that purpose
				  by the State Registrar.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.11 - Void Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
When the State Registrar shall determine that any vital
					 record was registered improperly, such as through fraud, misrepresentation or
					 duplication, the registrar shall give written notice to the registrant or
					 informant of his/her intention to void said certificate. This notice shall give
					 such person an opportunity to appear and show cause why the certificate should
					 not be voided. The notice shall be served on such person by certified mail,
					 return receipt requested, to his/her last known address on file in the Office.
					 Unless such person shall demonstrate to the State Registrar within thirty (30)
					 days after the date of mailing that there is satisfactory cause that the
					 certificate should not be voided, the State Registrar shall void the
					 certificate and it shall not be available for certification. Neither the State
					 nor local registrar shall issue copies until the matter is
					 resolved.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.12 - Birth Registration

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A certificate of
				  birth for each live birth which occurs in Rhode Island on or after January 1,
				  2005 shall be filed electronically and directly with the Office of Vital
				  Records.
B. When a birth occurs in
				  an institution, the person in charge of the institution or his/her designee
				  shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures
				  required on the certificate, and file it with the State Registrar. The
				  physician and/or midwife in attendance shall certify the facts of birth and
				  provide medical information required on the certificate within three (3) days
				  after the birth.
C. When a birth
				  occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by
				  one (1) of the following in the indicated order of priority:
1. The physician in attendance at or
				  immediately after the birth; or
2.
				  In the absence of the person identified in §
											1.12(C)(1)
				    of this Part, any other health care person in attendance at or immediately
				  after the birth; or
3. In the
				  absence of a person identified in §
											1.12(C)(2)
				    of this Part, the father, the mother, or, in the absence of the father and the
				  inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth
				  occurred.
4. When a birth occurs in
				  a moving conveyance, the place of birth shall be that address in the city or
				  town where the child is first removed from that conveyance.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.13 - Foundling Registration (Infants of Unknown Parentage)

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Whoever assumes the custody of a living
				  infant of unknown parentage shall file a report as prescribed by the State
				  Registrar within four (4) days, with the following information:
1. The report shall be made on a certificate
				  of live birth that shall be plainly marked "Foundling Registration" in the top
				  margin and shall include the following information:
a. The name given to the child by the
				  custodian;
b. The place where the
				  child was found, which shall be entered as the place of birth;
c. The date of birth, which shall be
				  determined by approximation;
d. The
				  sex of the child; and
e. Other data
				  as required by the State Registrar.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.14 - New Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation, and Paternity Determinations or Acknowledgements

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				  Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-15,
				  the State Registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person
				  born in Rhode Island when the State Registrar receives one (1) of the
				  following:
1. An adoption report as provided
				  in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											23-3-14 or a certified copy of a decree of adoption from a court of competent
				  jurisdiction in another State or Country, together with the information
				  necessary to identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new
				  certificate of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not be
				  established if the court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents, or the
				  adopted person requests that such new certificate shall not be established;
				  or
2. A request that a new
				  certificate be established and evidence of legitimation as required in §
											1.14(B)   of
				  this Part; or
3. A request that a
				  new certificate be established and a certified copy of an order from a court of
				  competent jurisdiction determining the paternity of such a person; or
4. A request that a new certificate be
				  established and a sworn acknowledgment of paternity made by both parents of a
				  registrant born out of wedlock, as required in §
											1.14(B)   of
				  this Part.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.15 - Certificates of Foreign Birth

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The State
				  Registrar shall, upon request, prepare and register a certificate in Rhode
				  Island for a person born in a foreign country who is not a citizen of the
				  United States and who was adopted through a court of competent jurisdiction in
				  Rhode Island.
1. The certificate shall be
				  established upon receipt of a report of adoption from the court decreeing the
				  adoption, proof of the date and place of the child's birth, and a request from
				  the court, the adopting parents, or the adopted person if eighteen (18) years
				  of age or over that a certificate be prepared.
2. The certificate shall be labeled
				  "certificate of foreign birth" and shall show the actual country of
				  birth.
3. After registration of the
				  birth certificate in the new name of the adopted person, the State Registrar
				  shall seal and file the report of adoption which shall not be subject to
				  inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as
				  provided by regulation.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.16 - Death Registration

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A death
				  certificate for each death which occurs in Rhode Island shall be filed within
				  seven (7) calendar days after such death and prior to removal of a dead body
				  from Rhode Island.
B. Death
				  certificates shall be filed with the local registrar of the city or town:
1. In which death occurred; or
2. In which a dead body is found, if the
				  place of death is unknown; or
3. In
				  which a dead body was first removed from a moving conveyance, if death occurs
				  in such conveyance.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.17 - Responsibility of Funeral Director

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The funeral
				  director, his/her duly authorized agent or person acting as such, who first
				  assumes custody of a dead body shall file the certificate of death after that
				  person has completed the certificate:
1. By
				  entering the personal data obtained from the next of kin or best qualified
				  person or source available;
2. By
				  obtaining medical certification of cause of death from the person responsible
				  therefor (the physician who attended the deceased person during his/her last
				  illness; or the physician declaring such person dead; or, if the death occurred
				  in a hospital, a registered hospital medical officer duly appointed by the
				  hospital director or administrator; or the medical examiner, pursuant to R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
											23-3-16(d);
				  and
3. By obtaining medical
				  certification on the burial-transit permit in accordance with §
											1.25   of this Part.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.18 - Responsibility of Physician

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Immediately
				  following a person's death, the attending physician or the physician declaring
				  a person dead, or if the death occurs in a hospital, a registered hospital
				  medical officer duly appointed by the hospital director or administrator shall
				  complete the physician's portion of the burial-transit permit, provided that
				  the death does not fall under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner in
				  accordance with §
										1.18(C)   of
				  this Part, so that the burial-transit permit can be released with the dead
				  body. Within forty-eight (48) hours of a person's death, the physician shall
				  also give the funeral director a certificate of death on which only the
				  following information has been completed:
1.
				  The name of the deceased which shall be entered in the margin;
2. The date of death;
3. A properly completed medical certification
				  of death, with cause of death printed or typed in black ink;
4. The certifier's signature and hand or
				  machine printed name; and
5. Such
				  other information as may be required in the medical certification section of
				  the death certificate.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.19 - Responsibility of Medical Examiner

Current through June 14, 2024
A. In all cases
				  where the medical examiner has assumed medico-legal jurisdiction in accordance
				  with Part 60-10-1 of this Title, Medical Examiner System, and R.I. Gen. Laws
				  Chapter 23-4, the medical examiner shall execute and sign the medical
				  certification and burial-transit permit in accordance with §§
										1.21,
				   1.24, and
				   1.25   of this Part and within
				  forty-eight (48) hours after taking charge of the case.
B. Furthermore, when death occurred without
				  medical attendance as set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-16(c),
				  the medical examiner shall investigate the cause of death and shall complete
				  and sign the medical certification and burial-transit permit within forty-eight
				  (48) hours after taking charge of the case pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-16(d).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.20 - Responsibility of Institution

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Each director or
				  administrator of an institution shall on or before the tenth
				  (10th) day of each month file a report with the
				  State Registrar, listing deaths and fetal deaths occurring in the institution
				  during the previous month.
B. When
				  a dead human body is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in
				  charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the deceased,
				  date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body is released,
				  date of removal from the institution, or, if finally disposed of by the
				  institution, the date, place and manner of disposition shall be recorded,
				  pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-26(b).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.21 - Medical Certification of Cause of Death

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				  Completed and properly executed medical certification of cause of death shall
				  mean the printed or typed entry of a definite medical diagnosis of cause of
				  death by a physician or medical examiner. This may be:
1. Entry of the clinical findings of the
				  physician who attended the deceased for the illness or condition that resulted
				  in death; or
2. Entry of tentative
				  clinical findings that may or may not be supported by the gross findings of an
				  autopsy; or
3. Entry of autopsy
				  findings where necessary to establish a definite medical diagnosis of cause of
				  death.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.22 - Fetal Death Registration

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Fetal deaths of
				  less than twenty (20) weeks gestation shall be reported directly to the State
				  Registrar within seven (7) calendar days after delivery.
B. A fetal death certificate for each fetal
				  death which occurs in Rhode Island after a gestation period of twenty (20) or
				  more weeks shall be filed with the State Registrar or as otherwise directed by
				  the State Registrar. The certificate shall be filed within seven (7) calendar
				  days after delivery and prior to removal of the fetus from Rhode Island. The
				  State Registrar shall accept the certificate for registration if it has been
				  completed and filed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and these
				  Regulations, provided that:
1. When the place
				  where the fetal death occurred is unknown, a fetal death certificate shall be
				  filed within seven (7) days with the State Registrar or as otherwise directed
				  by the State Registrar; or
2. If
				  the fetal death occurred in a moving conveyance, a fetal death certificate
				  shall be filed within seven (7) days with the State Registrar or as otherwise
				  directed by the State Registrar.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.23 - Responsibility for Filing

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Responsibility
				  for filing of the fetal death certificate shall reside with one (1) of the
				  following:
1. The funeral director, his/her
				  duly authorized agent or person acting as such, who first assumes custody of a
				  fetus for the purpose of final disposition or removal from the State;
				  or
2. The person in charge of the
				  institution where the fetal death occurred, when the institution disposes of
				  the fetus; or
3. The physician or
				  other person in attendance at or after the delivery, when the fetal death does
				  not occur in a hospital or other institution and no funeral director assumes
				  custody of the fetus.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.24 - Responsibility for Medical Certification

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The medical
				  certification shall be completed and signed within forty-eight (48) hours after
				  delivery by the physician in attendance at or after the delivery, in accordance
				  with §
										1.21   of this Part, unless
				  inquiry by the medical examiner is required by law.
B. When a fetal death occurs without medical
				  attendance upon the mother at or after the delivery or when inquiry is required
				  pursuant to Part 60-10-1 of this Title, Medical Examiner System, and R.I. Gen.
				  Laws Chapter 23-4, the medical examiner shall investigate the cause of fetal
				  death and shall complete and sign the medical certification within forty-eight
				  (48) hours after taking charge of the case in accordance with R.I. Gen Laws
				  §
										23-3-17(e) 
				  and §
										1.21   of this Part.
1. A certificate containing the facts found
				  in the corresponding fetal death certificate may be marked "delayed" if not
				  registered within one (1) year of the delivery date.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.25 - Permits for Burial-Transit

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A burial-transit
				  permit shall be completed before a dead body can be cremated, buried, or
				  removed from Rhode Island. The permit shall be made available for removal with
				  the dead body except when:
1. The funeral
				  director, his/her duly authorized agent or person acting as such, has been told
				  by the certifying physician that the death is not under the jurisdiction of the
				  medical examiner, and that such certifying physician will complete the
				  burial-transit permit and medical certification as required by these
				  Regulations, prior to final disposition or removal of the dead body from Rhode
				  Island; or
2. The death is under
				  the jurisdiction of the medical examiner who has authorized the funeral
				  director to remove the dead body.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.26 - Permits for Disinterment and Reinterment

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A
				  permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment
				  of a dead body or fetus unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent
				  jurisdiction. However, if the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
				  reinterred in the same cemetery, no permit shall be required provided that the
				  sexton or other person in charge of the cemetery shall establish a record
				  relative to the facts of disinterment and reinterment within the
				  cemetery.
B. The permit shall be
				  issued in quadruplicate to the funeral director by the local registrar of the
				  city or town in which the place of disinterment is located, upon proper
				  application on a form provided by the State Registrar.
C. The funeral director shall retain one (1)
				  copy, shall file the second (2nd) copy with the
				  sexton or person in charge of the cemetery from which disinterment is to be
				  made, shall use the third (3rd) copy during
				  transportation and give it to the sexton or person in charge of the cemetery of
				  reinterment, and shall forward the fourth (4th) copy
				  to the State Registrar.
D. The
				  sexton or other person in charge of the cemetery of disinterment shall
				  establish a record of the facts of disinterment and reinterment and shall,
				  prior to the fifth (5th) day of the following month,
				  send the second copy to the local registrar of the city or town in which the
				  cemetery of disinterment is located.
E. The sexton or other person in charge of
				  the cemetery of reinterment shall establish a record of the facts of
				  disinterment and reinterment and shall, prior to the fifth
				  (5th) day of the following month, send the third
				  (3rd) copy to the local registrar of the city or
				  town in which the cemetery of reinterment is located.
F. The Office shall enter on the face of the
				  death certificate the date of reinterment and the location of the cemetery of
				  reinterment.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.27 - Final Disposition by Medical School

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Following
				  the final disposition of the remains of a dead body which has been conveyed to
				  a medical school to be used for anatomical study or other medical purposes,
				  said school shall notify the State Registrar in writing, prior to the fifth
				  (5th) day of the following month, of the date,
				  manner, and place of final disposition.
B. The State Registrar shall enter on the
				  face of the death certificate the date, manner, and place of final
				  disposition.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.28 - Cremation Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The body of a
				  deceased person shall not be cremated in or removed from Rhode Island for the
				  purpose of cremation without a cremation certificate having been obtained from
				  the Office of State Medical Examiners in accordance with Part 60-10-1 of this
				  Title, Medical Examiner System, and R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-3-18(e).
B. A deceased person shall not be cremated
				  within twenty-four (24) hours after death unless death resulted from a
				  contagious or infectious disease.
C. If the death occurred within Rhode Island,
				  the dead body shall not be received or cremated by any corporation authorized
				  to cremate a dead body until its officers have received the burial-transit
				  permit required by law before burial and a cremation certificate from the
				  medical examiner certifying that the medical examiner has made a personal
				  inquiry into the cause and manner of death and is of the opinion that no
				  further examination or judicial inquiry concerning the same is
				  necessary.
D. If the death occurred
				  without Rhode Island, the reception and cremation of the body of the deceased
				  person shall be governed by the receipt of the burial-transit permit or other
				  appropriate certificate as the cremation certificate from the Medical Examiner
				  of the State of Rhode Island.
E.
				  The funeral director shall mail the cremation certificate to the State
				  Registrar for filing.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.29 - Issuance of Marriage License

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Persons
				  intending to be married in Rhode Island must first obtain a marriage license
				  from:
1. If both persons live in Rhode Island,
				  they may apply for a marriage license from the local registrar or his/her
				  assistant, at the city or town hall where either person resides; or
2. If only one (1) person lives in Rhode
				  Island, they must apply for a marriage license from the local registrar or
				  his/her assistant, at the city or town hall where the Rhode Island resident
				  lives, or
3. If neither person
				  lives in Rhode Island, they must apply for a marriage license from the local
				  registrar or his/her assistant from the city or town hall of the city or town
				  where the marriage ceremony will be performed. Applicants for a marriage
				  license must know the city or town in which the marriage will be solemnized
				  should the property of the marriage site be situated across two (2) or more
				  municipalities.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.30 - Marriage Solemnization

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The persons to
				  be married shall present the valid marriage license, signed by both of them and
				  by the local registrar of the place of issuance, to the officiant, who shall be
				  a person empowered to join persons in marriage pursuant to the provisions of
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										15-3-5 and
				   15-3-6.
B. The presence of at least two (2) witnesses
				  of legal age other than the officiant is required for the solemnization of a
				  marriage.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.31 - Completion and Filing of Marriage License

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				  After a marriage has been performed, the officiant shall provide for the
				  completion of the following items on the marriage license:
1. The signatures of the two (2) witnesses,
				  with names hand, machine or electronically printed;
2. The date of the marriage;
3. The city or town where the marriage was
				  performed;
4. The type of
				  ceremony;
5. The title, the name of
				  the court, or the denomination of the officiant, as appropriate;
6. The address of the officiant;
				  and
7. The signature of the
				  officiant, with his/her name hand, machine or electronically printed, attesting
				  to the facts of the marriage.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.32 - Delayed Registration of Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All delayed
				  certificates shall be filed directly with the State Registrar on forms
				  authorized for each vital event and shall be clearly marked
				  "delayed."
B. Certificates shall be
				  accepted for delayed registration only if:
1.
				  A search by the Office reveals that no certificate for the event has been
				  previously registered;
2. The
				  evidence as required in §
											1.32(C)   of
				  this Part, has been submitted and found satisfactory to the State
				  Registrar;
3. Payment of the
				  required statutory fee is made;
4.
				  The certificate has been completed as required; and
5. The appropriate provisions of §
											1.32(D)   of
				  this Part have been met.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.33 - Delayed Registration of Birth Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The
				  following facts, as a minimum, must be established to register a delayed birth
				  certificate:
1. The full name of the person at
				  the time of birth, except that a name established by adoption, legitimation,
				  court determination of paternity, other court order, or sworn acknowledgment of
				  paternity may be reflected on the delayed registration;
2. The date and place of birth; and
3. The name(s) of the parent(s), except that
				  inclusion of the father's name shall be subject to §
											1.12(D)   of
				  this Part.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.34 - Medical Certification on Delayed Death Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. If the medical certification of the cause
				  of death is indicated on the delayed death certificate, it must be established
				  by one (1) of the following:
1. The
				  certifying physician; or
2. The
				  medical examiner; or
3. A physician
				  who has reviewed the medical records of the decedent.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.35 - Delayed Registration of Marriage Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
As a minimum, evidence must be submitted that the
					 registrants complied with the statutory requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
					 15-2, for obtaining a marriage license.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.36 - Late Registration of Certificates

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A late
				  registration of a certificate shall be completed on the authorized form in use
				  at the time of vital event.
B.
				  Satisfactory documentation, substantiating the name of the person and the date
				  and place of the occurrence of the vital event may be submitted to the State or
				  local registrar in order to register a late certificate of a vital
				  event.
C. The State or local
				  registrar may require an explanation for the failure to file the certificate
				  within the time prescribed by the Act and these Regulations. Either registrar
				  may also require that documentary evidence prescribed for delayed registration,
				  in accordance with §
										1.32(C)   of
				  this Part, be submitted for the late registration. Such explanation or evidence
				  shall be made a part of the registration of the late certificate.
D. No certificate shall be accepted for late
				  registration unless the evidentiary documentation is found satisfactory to the
				  State or local registrar or unless so ordered by a court of competent
				  jurisdiction. When a certificate is not accepted, the applicant shall be so
				  notified.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.37 - Requirements to Amend Vital Records

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A vital record
				  may be amended only by the State Registrar, in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										23-3-21 and these Regulations.
B. In order
				  to preserve the integrity and accuracy of vital records, the State Registrar
				  may initiate amendments to vital records. In such cases, the State Registrar
				  may waive the requirements of §
										1.37(E)   of
				  this Part.
C. The following
				  person(s) may apply to the State Registrar for an amendment to a vital record:
1. The person(s) originally responsible for
				  filing the certificate; or
2. The
				  person(s) required to provide or complete the information thereon; or
3. The registrant, his/her parent(s),
				  guardian, next of kin, or legal representative.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.38 - Procedure to Amend Vital Records

Current through June 14, 2024
A. An amendment to
				  a vital record shall be completed by one (1) of the following methods:
1. Completing a blank item with the correct
				  information and denoting the amended information with an asterisk; or
2. Drawing a single line through the
				  incorrect information, noting the correct information directly above or next to
				  it, and denoting the corrected information with an asterisk; or
3. Preparing a new certificate with the
				  corrected information, when corrected in accordance with §
											1.14   of this Part;
				  or
4. If the vital event was
				  registered electronically, then all the information must be amended as directed
				  within the current electronic registration system noting the date of the
				  amendment, the information being amended and any applicable comments on the
				  bottom of the certified copy or as otherwise directed by the State
				  Registrar.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration › Subchapter 10 - Registries › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records › Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.39 - Additions or Minor Corrections to Birth Certificates Within One Year of the Date of Birth

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Pursuant to R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
										23-3-21(b),
				  additions or minor corrections of the types indicated below made to birth
				  certificates within one (1) year of the date of birth shall not be marked
				  "Amended":
1. The addition of the given name
				  of the registrant, when the given name is blank;
2. Corrections to the given name of the
				  registrant on a birth certificate which reflect a minor correction in spelling,
				  a variant form of the name, or clerical error;
3. Corrections of typographical or
				  transcription errors, or clearly inconsistent information; and
4. Corrections or additions to items in the
				  "Information for Medical and Health Use Only" section, except that race and
				  marital status shall be corrected only in accordance with §§
											1.37  and
				   1.38   of this Part.