1. Certificates of births shall be filed as follows:
a. A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in this state shall be filed with the county registrar of the county in which the birth occurs within ten days after the birth and shall be registered by the registrar if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this chapter. However, when a birth occurs in a moving conveyance, a birth certificate shall be filed in the county in which the child was first removed from the conveyance.
b. When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or the person's designated representative shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate, and file the certificate with the county registrar. The physician in attendance or the person in charge of the institution or the person's designee shall certify to the facts of birth and provide the medical information required by the certificate within six days after the birth.
c. When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of priority:
(1) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth.
(2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth.
(3) The father or the mother.
(4) The person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
d. The state registrar may transmit to the appropriate local boards of health information from birth certificates for the sole purpose of identifying those children in need of immunizations.
e. If an affidavit of paternity is obtained directly from the county registrar and is filed pursuant to section 252A.3A the county registrar shall forward the original affidavit to the state registrar.
2. If the mother was married either at the time of conception or birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate as the father of the child unless paternity has been determined otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction, in which case the name of the father as determined by the court shall be entered by the department.
3. If the mother was not married either at the time of conception or birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate of birth without the written consent of the mother and the person to be named as the father, unless a determination of paternity has been made pursuant to section 252A.3, in which case the name of the father as established shall be entered by the department.
4. The division shall make all of the following available to the child support recovery unit, upon request:
a. A copy of a child's birth certificate.
b. The social security numbers of the mother and the father.
c. A copy of the affidavit of paternity if filed pursuant to section 252A.3A.
d. Information, other than information for medical and health use only, identified on a child's birth certificate or on an affidavit of paternity filed pursuant to section 252A.3A. The information may be provided as mutually agreed upon by the division and the child support recovery unit, including by automated exchange.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 144.12--;144.16; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.13]
88 Acts, ch 1158, § 36; 90 Acts, ch 1052, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1097, § 2; 93 Acts, ch 79, § 9; 93 Acts, ch 116, § 1; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §2, 3; 95 Acts, ch 94, §1
Referred to in § 135G.18, 144.13A, 252A.3A, 331.611
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