§338-15 Late or altered certificates. A person born in the State may file or amend a certificate after the time prescribed, upon submitting proof as required by rules adopted by the department of health. Certificates registered after the time prescribed for filing by the rules of the department of health shall be registered subject to any evidentiary requirements that the department adopts by rule to substantiate the alleged facts of birth. The department may amend a birth certificate to change or establish the identity of a registrant's parent only pursuant to a court order from a court of appropriate jurisdiction or pursuant to a legal establishment of parenthood pursuant to chapter 584. Amendments that change or establish the identity of a registrant's parent that are made in accordance with this section shall not be considered corrections of personal records pursuant to chapter 92F. [L 1949, c 327, §19; RL 1955, §57-18; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-15; am L 1972, c 66, §1(1); am L 1997, c 305, §2; am L 2016, c 26, §1]
Attorney General Opinions
Section provides for the alteration of only birth certificates. Att. Gen. Op. 84-14.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
338-2 Authority and duties of the department of health.
338-4 Deaths reported to county clerks.
338-5 Compulsory registration of births.
338-6 Local agent to prepare birth certificate.
338-7 Registration of foundlings; foundling report.
338-8 Compulsory registration of deaths and fetal deaths.
338-9 Filing and preparation of death and fetal death certificates.
338-10 Late determination of the cause of death.
338-12 Evidentiary character of certificates.
338-14.3 Verification in lieu of a certified copy.
338-14.5 Copies of certificate; fees.
338-14.6 Vital statistics improvement special fund.
338-15 Late or altered certificates.
338-16 Procedure concerning late and altered birth certificates.
338-17 Late or altered certificate as evidence.
338-17.5 Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.
338-17.7 Establishment of new certificates of birth, when.
338-17.8 Certificates for children born out of State.
338-19 Photostatic or typewritten copies of records.
338-20.5 Adoption; foreign born persons.
338-21 Children born to parents not married to each other.
338-22 Other persons required to make records.
338-23 Permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.
338-24 Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.
338-25 Prerequisite for permit.
338-25.5 Disinterment of human bodies.
338-28 Transmittal of certificates to department.
338-29.5 Late registration of death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce.
338-43 OLD REPEALED. §338-43 Perjury.