144.38 - AMENDMENT OF OFFICIAL RECORD.
144.38 AMENDMENT OF OFFICIAL RECORD.
To protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records,
a certificate or record registered under this chapter may be amended
only in accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted
hereunder. A certificate that is amended under this section shall be
marked "amended" except as provided in section 144.40. The date of
amendment and a summary description of the evidence submitted in
support of the amendment shall be endorsed on or made a part of the
record. The department shall prescribe by regulation the conditions
under which additions or minor corrections shall be made to birth
certificates within one year after the date of birth without the
certificate being marked "amended". Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2402, 2404; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
144.17, 144.19, 144.44, 144.45; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.38]
Referred to in § 144.41