50-15-208 . Birth registration for stillbirth -- requirements. (1) The department shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth on a form adopted by the department when the birth results in a stillbirth. Upon request by a parent, a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be filed in addition to the fetal death certificate provided for in 50-15-403 . Upon request, a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be provided to a parent. (2) A certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth may be filed by: (a) the physician, the physician's designee, or the direct-entry midwife licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 27, in attendance at a stillbirth; (b) the person in attendance at a stillbirth; (c) the father or the mother; (d) in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the stillbirth occurred; or (e) the local registrar if 50-15-202 applies. (3) The department shall adopt rules providing for: (a) the time by which the certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be filed after the stillbirth; (b) the evidence required to establish the facts of a stillbirth; and (c) the information required on a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth.
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