§338-5 Compulsory registration of births. Within the time prescribed by the department of health, a certificate of every birth shall be substantially completed and filed with the local agent of the department in the district in which the birth occurred, by the administrator or designated representative of the birthing facility, or physician, or midwife, or other legally authorized person in attendance at the birth; or if not so attended, by one of the parents.
The birth facility shall make available to the department appropriate medical records for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the provisions of this chapter. [L 1949, c 327, §9; RL 1955, §57-8; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-5; am L 1988, c 149, §1]
Case Notes
Compulsory reporting not objectionable. 466 F. Supp. 714.
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338-43 OLD REPEALED.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.