Sec. 7-48. Birth certificates: Filing requirements.
Sec. 7-48. Birth certificates: Filing requirements. (a) Not later than ten days
after each live birth which occurs in this state, a birth certificate shall be filed with the
registrar of vital statistics in the town in which the birth occurred and the certificate
shall be registered if properly filed, by manual or electronic systems as prescribed by
the commissioner. On and after January 1, 1994, each hospital with two hundred or more
live births in calendar year 1990, or any subsequent calendar year, shall electronically
transmit birth information data to the department in a computer format approved by the
department. Each birth certificate shall contain such information as the department may
require and shall be completed in its entirety. Medical and health information which is
required by the department, including information regarding voluntary acknowledgments of paternity and whether the child was born out of wedlock, shall be recorded
on a confidential portion of the certificate to be sent directly to the department. Such
confidential records may be used for statistical and health purposes by the department
or by a local director of health, as authorized by the department, for records related to
the town served by the local director of health and where the mother was a resident at
the time of the birth of the child. Such birth certificate and confidential records may be
used internally by the hospital for records transmitted by the hospital for statistical,
health and quality assurance purposes. The department shall give due consideration
to national uniformity in vital statistics in prescribing the format and content of such
certificate.
(b) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route thereto, the person in charge
of the institution or such person's designated representative shall obtain all available
data required by the certificate, prepare the certificate, certify that the child was born
alive at the place and time and on the date stated either by signature or by an electronic
process approved by the commissioner and file the certificate with the registrar of vital
statistics in the town in which the birth occurred, not later than ten days after such birth.
The physician or other person in attendance, and the physician, institution or other person
providing prenatal care, shall provide the medical information required by the certificate
not later than seventy-two hours after the birth.
(c) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and
filed by the physician or midwife in attendance at or immediately after the birth or, in
the absence of such a person, by the father or mother.
(d) When a birth occurs in a moving conveyance and the child is first removed from
the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state and the place where
the child is first removed shall be considered the place of birth.
(1949 Rev., S. 570; 1967, P.A. 146; 1971, P.A. 323, S. 1; P.A. 73-45; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-434, S. 2; P.A.
84-8; P.A. 93-105; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 3, 38; P.A. 01-163, S. 10;
P.A. 04-255, S. 3; P.A. 08-66, S. 1; 08-184, S. 46.)
History: 1967 act deleted specific reference to sex of child and parents names, age, color, residence, birthplace, occupation etc. and required consideration be given to national uniformity; 1971 act added provisions regarding use and disposition
of confidential information, effective January 1, 1972; P.A. 73-45 required parents' social security numbers on birth
certificates except as provided in Sec. 7-50; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for department of health,
effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-434 deleted provisions regarding filing of certificate by doctor, midwife or parents and
provisions enumerating contents of certificate, replacing them with general statements and added Subsecs. (b) to (d),
inclusive; P.A. 84-8 amended Subsec. (a) to require the department of health services to destroy the confidential portion
of a birth certificate at the end of three years, rather than one year; P.A. 93-105 amended Subsec. (a) to require electronic
transfer of birth information after January 1, 1994, for hospitals with 200 or more live births in calendar year 1990; P.A.
93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring
birth certificate to contain information re voluntary acknowledgments of paternity and whether child was born out of
wedlock, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 01-163 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes, adding provision re filing
by manual or electronic systems as prescribed by the commissioner, deleting provision re destruction of confidential portion
at the end of three years and adding provisions re use of confidential records and amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical
change, revising provisions re preparation of certificate and certification of birth and adding provisions re information
provided by a person in attendance, the institution or a person providing prenatal care; P.A. 04-255 amended Subsec. (a)
by requiring all birth certificates to be completed in their entirety; P.A. 08-66 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "The
Social Security number of the mother and father" for "Medical" re information recorded on a confidential portion of the
birth certificate; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "Medical" for "The Social Security number of the mother
and father" re information recorded on a confidential portion of the birth certificate.
Admissible to corroborate accusations of paternity in bastardy action. 93 C. 321. Cited. 98 C. 543.
Cited. 9 CS 297.