(a) To promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in systems of vital statistics, the forms for a vital record or a required vital report shall include, at a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.
(b) Information required in a report may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the Registrar in rules issued pursuant to § 7-231.29.
(Oct. 30, 2018, D.C. Law 22-164, § 107, 65 DCR 9324.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety
Chapter 2A - Vital Records, 2018
§ 7–231.02. Vital statistics system; Vital Records Division
§ 7–231.03. Appointment and duties of Registrar of Vital Records Division
§ 7–231.04. Security of vital statistics system
§ 7–231.05. Individuals required to keep records
§ 7–231.06. Duties to furnish information
§ 7–231.07. Content of vital records and vital reports
§ 7–231.08. Live birth registration
§ 7–231.09. Social Security numbers
§ 7–231.10. Infants of unknown parentage
§ 7–231.11. Delayed registration of live birth
§ 7–231.12. Death registration
§ 7–231.13. Delayed registration of death
§ 7–231.14. Fetal death registration
§ 7–231.15. Reports of induced termination of pregnancy
§ 7–231.15a. Certificate of stillbirth
§ 7–231.16. Judicial proceedings to register a vital record
§ 7–231.17. Final disposition of dead body or fetus
§ 7–231.18. Marriage, divorce, and annulment reporting
§ 7–231.20. Amendments and corrections
§ 7–231.21. New records of live birth for adoption and determination of parentage
§ 7–231.22. New records of live birth for change of gender designation
§ 7–231.23. Preservation of vital records
§ 7–231.24. Confidentiality and disclosure of information from vital records or vital reports
§ 7–231.25. Certification from the system of vital statistics