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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 144.13B BIRTH CERTIFICATES –
1 2 FETAL DEATHS.
1 3 1. Certificates of birth shall be filed as follows for a
1 4 fetus which is designated as a fetal death:
1 5 a. A certificate of birth for each fetus which is
1 6 designated as a fetal death shall be filed as directed by the
1 7 state registrar within seven days after the delivery and shall
1 8 be registered by the county registrar if the certificate has
1 9 been completed and filed in accordance with this chapter.
1 10 b. When the delivery of a fetus which is designated as a
1 11 fetal death occurs in an institution or en route to an
1 12 institution, the person in charge of the institution or the
1 13 person's designated representative shall obtain the personal
1 14 data, prepare the certificate, and file the certificate as
1 15 directed by the state registrar. The physician in attendance
1 16 or the person in charge of the institution or the person's
1 17 designee shall certify to the facts of the delivery whether by
1 18 signature or as otherwise authorized by rule and provide the
1 19 medical information required by the certificate within seven
1 20 days after the delivery.
1 21 c. When the delivery of a fetus which is designated as a
1 22 fetal death occurs outside an institution and not en route to
1 23 an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by
1 24 one of the following in the indicated order of priority:
1 25 (1) The physician in attendance at or immediately after
1 26 the delivery.
1 27 (2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after
1 28 the delivery.
1 29 (3) The father or mother.
1 30 (4) The person in charge of the premises where the
1 31 delivery occurred.
1 32 d. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter
1 33 relating to a delayed registration of birth, if the delivery
1 34 of a fetus which is designated as a fetal death occurred prior
1 35 to July 1, 2001, the mother or father may file a delayed
2 1 certificate of birth as directed by the state registrar,
2 2 subject to evidentiary requirements to substantiate the facts
2 3 of the delivery.
2 4 2. If the mother was married at the time of conception,
2 5 delivery, or at any time during the period between conception
2 6 and delivery, the name of the husband shall be entered on the
2 7 certificate as the father of the child unless paternity has
2 8 been determined otherwise by a court of competent
2 9 jurisdiction, in which case the name of the father as
2 10 determined by the court shall be entered by the department.
2 11 3. If the mother was not married at the time of
2 12 conception, delivery, and at any time during the period
2 13 between conception and delivery, the name of the father shall
2 14 not be entered on the certificate of birth, unless paternity
2 15 is otherwise legally established, in which case the name of
2 16 the father as established shall be entered by the department.
2 17 If the father is not named on the certificate of birth, no
2 18 other information about the father shall be entered on the
2 19 certificate.
2 20 4. The provisions relating to the fee for registration of
2 21 a certificate of birth and the fee for a certified copy of a
2 22 certificate of birth established pursuant to section 144.13A
2 23 apply to a certificate of birth under this section.
2 24 5. The department may adopt rules relating to the form to
2 25 be used for a certificate of birth and the procedure to be
2 26 used under this section.
2 27 6. For the purposes of this section, "fetal death" means a
2 28 fetal death which occurs in this state after a gestation
2 29 period of twenty completed weeks or greater, or a fetus with a
2 30 weight of three hundred fifty grams or more.
2 31 Sec. 2. Section 135G.18, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
2 32 amended to read as follows:
2 33 1. A completed certificate of birth shall be filed
2 34 pursuant to section 144.13 or section 144.13B, and the
2 35 registration fee pursuant to section 144.13A shall be charged
3 1 and remitted.
3 2 EXPLANATION
3 3 This bill provides for the filing of a certificate of birth
3 4 for a fetus which is designated as a fetal death. Under the
3 5 bill, fees associated with registration of a certificate of
3 6 birth and with obtaining a certified copy of a certificate of
3 7 birth also apply to these certificates of birth.
3 8 LSB 1621XS 79
3 9 pf/pj/5.1
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