District of Columbia Code
Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety
Chapter 2A - Vital Records, 2018

§ 7–231.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Amendment"...

§ 7–231.02. Vital statistics system; Vital Records Division - (a) The Mayor shall establish a vital statistics system for...

§ 7–231.03. Appointment and duties of Registrar of Vital Records Division - (a) The Director of the Department shall appoint the Registrar....

§ 7–231.04. Security of vital statistics system - To ensure the security of the vital statistics system, the...

§ 7–231.05. Individuals required to keep records - (a) Each individual in charge of an institution, or his...

§ 7–231.06. Duties to furnish information - (a) An individual with knowledge of the facts related to...

§ 7–231.07. Content of vital records and vital reports - (a) To promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in systems of...

§ 7–231.08. Live birth registration - (a) A report of each live birth that occurs in...

§ 7–231.09. Social Security numbers - (a) An individual required to prepare and file a report...

§ 7–231.10. Infants of unknown parentage - (a) An individual who assumes legal custody of a live...

§ 7–231.11. Delayed registration of live birth - (a) An individual may submit a delayed report of live...

§ 7–231.12. Death registration - (a) The funeral director who first assumes custody of a...

§ 7–231.13. Delayed registration of death - (a) When a death that occurs in the District has...

§ 7–231.14. Fetal death registration - (a)(1) An institution shall report electronically each death of a...

§ 7–231.15. Reports of induced termination of pregnancy - (a) Each induced termination of pregnancy that occurs in the...

§ 7–231.15a. Certificate of stillbirth - (a)(1) Within 180 days of March 16, 2021, the Department...

§ 7–231.16. Judicial proceedings to register a vital record - (a) Entitled individuals may submit an application to register an...

§ 7–231.17. Final disposition of dead body or fetus - (a) The funeral director who first assumes custody of a...

§ 7–231.18. Marriage, divorce, and annulment reporting - The court shall complete and forward to the Registrar on...

§ 7–231.19. Adoption forms - (a) The court shall prepare an adoption form for each...

§ 7–231.20. Amendments and corrections - (a) The Registrar shall issue rules pursuant to § 7-231.29...

§ 7–231.21. New records of live birth for adoption and determination of parentage - (a) The Registrar shall establish a new record of live...

§ 7–231.22. New records of live birth for change of gender designation - (a) The Registrar shall establish a new record of live...

§ 7–231.23. Preservation of vital records - (a) The Registrar shall develop and implement a preservation management...

§ 7–231.24. Confidentiality and disclosure of information from vital records or vital reports - (a) Vital records, vital reports, indices, related documents, and data...

§ 7–231.25. Certification from the system of vital statistics - (a)(1) A certificate of live birth, a death, fetal death,...

§ 7–231.26. Fraud or misrepresentation - (a)(1) When the Registrar receives information that a vital event...

§ 7–231.27. Fees - (a) The Registrar shall prescribe by rules issued pursuant to...

§ 7–231.28. Penalties - (a) A fine of not more than $12,500, or imprisonment...

§ 7–231.29. Rules - The Registrar, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

§ 7–231.30. Repealer; savings clause - Chapter 2 of this title, is repealed. The existing rules...