Sec. 7-44. When authenticated copies of certificates to be transmitted to other towns. Use of electronic vital records system.
Sec. 7-44. When authenticated copies of certificates to be transmitted to other
towns. Use of electronic vital records system. (a) When it appears from the certificate
of a birth, marriage, death or fetal death filed with any registrar of vital statistics that
the residence of the mother of the child or that of either of the parties to the marriage
or that of the deceased was in some other town in this state at the time of such birth,
marriage, death or fetal death, such registrar shall at once transmit an authenticated copy
of such certificate of birth, marriage, death or fetal death, including all information
contained on such certificate, to the registrar of the town in which the mother of such
child or either of the contracting parties to such marriage or such deceased resided at
the time of such birth, marriage, death or fetal death. Such copy shall be in the format
prescribed by the department. Any registrar of vital statistics of any town or city in
this state, receiving such authenticated copy of a birth, marriage, death or fetal death
certificate from a registrar of a town or city in this state, shall record the same, but shall
not transmit a copy thereof to the commissioner.
(b) Any registrar of vital statistics of any town or city in this state who has authorized
access to an electronic vital records system may meet the certificate filing requirements
of this section by using such system, except that if the town of residence does not have
access to such system, the registrar of the town in which the vital event occurred shall
use manual procedures to transmit an authenticated copy of the certificate to the registrar
of the town of residence.
(c) Each registrar of vital statistics in this state with authorized access to the electronic vital records system of the department may access vital records through such
system for the purpose of viewing, printing and issuing certificates to authorized individuals in accordance with sections 7-51 and 7-51a. Only the registrar of the town in which
the vital event occurred or the department may make corrections or amendments to any
such certificates.
(1949 Rev., S. 566; 1949, S. 230d; 1959, P.A. 282; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 90-67, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39;
P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 6; P.A. 04-255, S. 2.)
History: 1959 act added exception re child born out of wedlock; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner and department
of health services for commissioner and department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 90-67 substituted "mother"
for "parents" and deleted exception in first sentence for child born out of wedlock; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and
commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July
1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner
and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and
amended by making technical changes, adding provisions re fetal death, replacing provisions re transmitting a certified
copy with provisions re transmitting an authenticated copy and deleting provisions re copies on blanks provided by the
department and attested by the official seal, and added new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re use of electronic vital records system;
P.A. 04-255 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to towns in other states.