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Chapter 1. General Provisions
16-37-1-0.1. Repealed - As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.316. Repealed by P.L.63-2012, SEC.21.
16-37-1-1. Administration; Guidelines - Sec. 1. (a) The state department shall provide a system...
16-37-1-2. State Registrar; Duties - Sec. 2. The employee in charge of the division of...
16-37-1-3. State Department Duties; Rules - Sec. 3. The state department shall do the following: (1)...
16-37-1-3.1. Indiana Birth Registration and Indiana Death Registration Systems Established; Submission of Records - Sec. 3.1. (a) The state department shall establish the Indiana...
16-37-1-4. Registration Districts - Sec. 4. Each local health jurisdiction is a registration district...
16-37-1-5. Monthly Report of Local Health Officer - Sec. 5. (a) The local health officer, on the fourth...
16-37-1-6. Contents of Monthly Report - Sec. 6. The report of the local health officer must...
16-37-1-7. Birth Certificate Requests; Permanent Records - Sec. 7. (a) Both the state registrar and the local...
16-37-1-8. Prerequisites to Issuance of Birth Certificate; Judicial Review; Missing Child Certificates; Excluded Information - Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a...
16-37-1-8.5. Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; Required Contents of Certificate - Sec. 8.5. (a) Upon request by a parent of a...
16-37-1-9. Registration Certificate Charges - Sec. 9. (a) A local health department may make a...
16-37-1-10. Confidentiality; Disclosure of Data in Records; Conditions for Availability; Grounds for Denial - Sec. 10. (a) Information contained in a birth record is...
16-37-1-11. Record Search or Amendment; Fees - Sec. 11. (a) The state department shall charge and collect...
16-37-1-11.5. Birth Problems Registry Fee - Sec. 11.5. In addition to the fee charged by the...
16-37-1-11.7. Repealed - As added by P.L.120-1997, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.139. Repealed...
16-37-1-12. Fraud; Felony - Sec. 12. A person who, with intent to defraud: (1)...
16-37-1-13. Violations; Sanctions - Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or...
Chapter 2. Certification of Births
16-37-2-1. "Person in Attendance at Birth" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "person in attendance...
16-37-2-2. Birth Certificate and Paternity Affidavit; Persons Responsible for Filing or Preparation; Release of Paternity Affidavit - Sec. 2. (a) A person in attendance at a live...
16-37-2-2.1. Paternity Affidavits; Requirements; Forms; Joint Legal Custody Agreement; Penalty; Effect of Paternity Affidavit; Genetic Test; Opportunity to Consult - Sec. 2.1. (a) A paternity affidavit may be executed as...
16-37-2-3. Time for Filing Birth Certificate - Sec. 3. A certificate of birth shall be filed not...
16-37-2-4. Acceptance of Delayed Filed Birth Certificates - Sec. 4. A local health officer may accept a certificate...
16-37-2-5. Birth Certificates Presented More Than 12 Months After Birth - Sec. 5. A certificate of birth presented for filing more...
16-37-2-6. Rules for Accepting Delayed Birth Certificates - Sec. 6. The state department shall adopt rules concerning the...
16-37-2-7. Certificate of Birth Registration; Issuance to Delayed Birth Certificate Applicant - Sec. 7. The state department shall issue a certificate of...
16-37-2-8. Probative Value of Delayed Birth Certificate - Sec. 8. The probative value of a delayed certificate of...
16-37-2-9. Permanent Record; Public Inspection; Adoptee Birth Records - Sec. 9. (a) The local health officer shall make a...
16-37-2-10. "DNA Test"; Additions or Corrections to Birth Certificate; Evidence - Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section, "DNA test"...
16-37-2-11. Custody of Children of Unknown Parentage; Reports - Sec. 11. A person who assumes custody of a child...
16-37-2-12. Children of Unknown Parentage; Certificates of Birth - Sec. 12. The local health officer shall prepare a certificate...
16-37-2-13. Recorded Name of Child Born Out of Wedlock - Sec. 13. A child born out of wedlock shall be...
16-37-2-14. Duties of Health Officer Regarding Paternity Affidavit - Sec. 14. If a paternity affidavit executed under section 2.1...
16-37-2-15. Proper Name of Illegitimate Child Whose Parents Subsequently Marry - Sec. 15. If the parents of a child born out...
16-37-2-16. New Birth Certificate Upon Marriage of Illegitimate Child's Parents; Correction of Records - Sec. 16. If a man claiming to be the child's...
16-37-2-17. Repealed - [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-1-2.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20. Repealed...
16-37-2-18. Form of New Birth Certificate - Sec. 18. If a certificate of birth is issued from...
16-37-2-19. Violations - Sec. 19. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who...
Chapter 3. Certificates of Death and Stillbirth; Burial Permits
16-37-3-1. "Dead Body" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dead body" means...
16-37-3-2. "Person in Charge of Interment" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "person in charge...
16-37-3-3. Certificate of Death or Stillbirth; Filing - Sec. 3. Except as provided in IC 16-37-1-3.1(f), the physician,...
16-37-3-4. Securing Personal Data for Certificates - Sec. 4. The physician, the physician assistant, or the advanced...
16-37-3-5. Electronically Filing Death Certificate; Cause of Death Certification - Sec. 5. Except as provided in IC 16-37-1-3.1(f), if the...
16-37-3-6. Cause of Death; Certification by Local Health Officer - Sec. 6. (a) If: (1) a death or stillbirth occurred...
16-37-3-7. Deaths Referred to the Coroner for Investigation - Sec. 7. (a) If the circumstances suggest that the death...
16-37-3-8. Autopsies; Payment - Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), payment...
16-37-3-9. Permanent Records; Public Inspection; Records to County Auditor; Use of Data - Sec. 9. (a) The local health officer shall, from the...
16-37-3-10. Permit for Disposal of Body - Sec. 10. Upon receipt of a properly executed certificate of...
16-37-3-11. Time for Securing Permit for Disposal of Body - Sec. 11. The person in charge of interment shall secure...
16-37-3-12. Burial Transit Permit - Sec. 12. If the body is to be transported by...
16-37-3-13. Burial Transit Permit; Attachment to Shipping Box - Sec. 13. The person in charge of interment shall attach...
16-37-3-14. Foreign Burial Transit Permit; Endorsement by Local Health Officer - Sec. 14. When death occurs outside Indiana and the body...
16-37-3-15. Construction of Chapter Regarding Autopsies and Inquests - Sec. 15. This chapter: (1) supplements other laws concerning autopsies;...
16-37-3-16. Violations - Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to section...
Chapter 4. Medical Data Regarding Cause of Death
16-37-4-1. Legislative Declaration - Sec. 1. Medical studies of conditions causing death and disability,...
16-37-4-2. Reports; Exemption From Liability - Sec. 2. (a) A licensed physician, hospital, sanitarium, health facility,...
16-37-4-3. Confidentiality; Medical Research or Education Use - Sec. 3. (a) The state health commissioner or the commissioner's...
16-37-4-4. Summary of Studies - Sec. 4. A summary of the studies may be released...
Chapter 5. Suicide and Overdose Fatality Reporting
16-37-5-1. Annual Report; Contents - Sec. 1. (a) Not later than November 30 of each...