Division 102. Vital Records and Health
Statistics.
Part 1. Vital Records.
Chapter 3. Live Birth Registration.
Article 1. Duty of Registering
Live Birth.
Sections 102400 - 102415.
102400.
Each live birth shall be registered with
the local registrar of births and deaths
for the district in which the birth occurred
within 10 days following the date of the
event.
102405. For live
births that occur in a hospital, or a
state-licensed alternative birth center,
as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision
(b) of Section
1204, the administrator of the hospital
or center or a representative designated
by the administrator in writing may sign
the birth certificate certifying the fact
of birth instead of the attending physician
and surgeon, certified nurse midwife,
or principal attendant if the physician
and surgeon, certified nurse midwife,
or principal attendant is not available
to sign the certificate; and shall be
responsible for registering the certificate
with the local registrar within the time
specified in Section
102400.
102410. For those live births occurring
in a hospital, and upon a parent's request,
a footprint shall be taken of the child
prior to discharge from the facility and
shall be made available to the parents.
The footprint shall be placed on a sheet
of paper that is separate from the birth
certificate, shall only be prepared for
the parents prior to discharge from the
hospital, and need not be retained or
kept on file.
102415. For live births that occur outside
of a hospital or outside of a state-licensed
alternative birth center, as defined in
paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section
1204, the physician in attendance
at the birth or, in the absence of a physician,
the professionally licensed midwife in
attendance at the birth or, in the absence
of a physician or midwife, either one
of the parents shall be responsible for
entering the information on the certificate,
securing the required signatures, and
for registering the certificate with the
local registrar.
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