(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH. A certificate issued to record and memorialize the birth of a stillborn child.
(2) STILLBIRTH or STILLBORN. An unintended, intrauterine fetal death after a gestational age of not less than 20 completed weeks.
(b) Effective January 1, 2012, the State Registrar shall issue a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth upon the request of a parent named on a report of fetal death filed on or after January 1, 2007. A Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth shall be issued within 60 days from the date of the request.
(c) The person who is required to file a report of fetal death under Section 22-9A-13, shall advise the parent of a stillborn child:
(1) That a parent may, but is not required to, request the preparation of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.
(2) That a parent may obtain a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth by contacting the State Office of Vital Statistics after requesting the certificate and paying the required fee.
(3) How a parent may contact the Office of Vital Statistics to request a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.
(d) The State Board of Health may adopt rules to implement and administer this section. In addition to any other information required by the rules of the State Board of Health, the certificate shall include the following:
(1) The date of the stillbirth.
(2) The county in which the stillbirth occurred.
(3) The name of the stillborn child as provided in the report of fetal death. If a name was not provided at the time of the filing of the report of fetal death, the State Registrar, upon the request of a parent listed in the report of fetal death, shall add a name to the certificate when issued.
(4) The file number of the corresponding report of fetal death.
(5) The following statement: "This certificate is not proof of live birth."
(e) The fee for the issuance of the Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth shall be the same as the fee collected for the issuance of a certified copy of any other vital record.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-1 - Definitions.
Section 22-9A-2 - Office of Vital Statistics and Statewide System of Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-3 - Appointment of State Registrar of Vital Statistics; Duties of State Registrar.
Section 22-9A-4 - Registration Districts.
Section 22-9A-5 - Local Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-6 - Content of Certificates and Reports.
Section 22-9A-7 - Registration of Births.
Section 22-9A-8 - Registration of Infants of Unknown Parentage.
Section 22-9A-9 - Delayed Registration of Birth.
Section 22-9A-10 - Judicial Procedure to Establish Facts of Birth.
Section 22-9A-11 - Court Reports of Adoption.
Section 22-9A-11.1 - Issuance of Certificate of Foreign Birth Without Judicial Proceedings.
Section 22-9A-13 - Reports of Fetal Death; Reports of Induced Termination of Pregnancy.
Section 22-9A-13.1 - Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth.
Section 22-9A-14 - Death Registration.
Section 22-9A-15 - Delayed Registration of Death.
Section 22-9A-16 - Authorization for Final Disposition.
Section 22-9A-17 - Marriage Registration.
Section 22-9A-18 - Divorce Registration.
Section 22-9A-19 - Amendment of Vital Records.
Section 22-9A-20 - Reproduction of Vital Records.
Section 22-9A-21 - Disclosure of Information From Vital Records.
Section 22-9A-22 - Copies or Data From the System of Vital Statistics.
Section 22-9A-24 - Persons Required to Keep Records and to Furnish Information.
Section 22-9A-25 - Enforcement.
Section 22-9A-26 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter or Rules of the State Board of Health.