Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-19-203 - Requests for Birth Registration from Physicians, Registered Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, or Midwive
A. Before requesting the registration of the
birth of an individual not born in a hospital whose birth was attended by a
physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife, the
physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife who
attended the birth and is willing and able to request the registration of the
individual's birth shall:
1. Obtain, in a
written format:
a. The information in
R9-19-201(A)(1) and
(2); and
b. A statement attesting to the validity of
the information in
R9-19-201(A)(1) and
(2), signed and dated by the person providing
the information;
2.
Provide, in a Department-provided format, the information in R9-19-201(A)(3)
and (4); and
3. Sign and date a
written statement attesting to the validity of the information in
R9-19-201(A)(3) and
(4).
B. A physician, registered nurse
practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife who attended an individual's birth and
is willing and able to request the registration of the individual's birth
shall:
1. Maintain a copy of the document in
subsection (A) for at least 10 years after the date of the individual's birth;
and
2. Provide a copy of the
document in subsection (A) to the State Registrar for review within two
business days after the time of the State Registrar's request, where a business
day is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday that is not a state
holiday or a statewide furlough day.
C. To request the registration of the birth
of an individual not born in a hospital whose birth was attended by a
physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife, within
seven days after the date of the individual's birth, if the physician,
registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife is willing and able
to, the physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife
shall:
1. Either:
a. Enter into the state electronic birth
registration system the information required in
R9-19-201(A),
or
b. Submit a copy of the document
in subsection (A) to the State Registrar or a local registrar or deputy local
registrar; and
2. If
applicable, submit to the State Registrar or a local registrar or deputy local
registrar the document required in subsection (E) or (F).
D. To request the registration of the birth
of an individual not born in a hospital whose birth was attended by a
physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife, more than
seven days but less than one year after the individual's birth, if the
physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife is willing
and able to, the physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or
midwife shall submit, in a Department-provided format, to the State Registrar
or a local registrar or deputy local registrar:
1. The information required in
R9-19-201(A);
2. A copy of the medical records related to
the individual's birth;
3. If
applicable, the document required in subsection (E) or (F); and
4. A written statement, signed and dated by
the physician, registered nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife,
attesting, to the best of the knowledge of the physician, registered nurse
practitioner, nurse midwife, or midwife, that the submitted information and
documents are valid.
E.
If the name of an individual's mother in
R9-19-201(A)(1)(b)(i)
is based on a court order establishing maternity, the person submitting the
information for a birth record shall submit a copy of the court order
establishing maternity, certified by the issuing entity.
F. If the name of an individual's father in
R9-19-201(A)(1)(c)(i)
is based on:
1. A voluntary acknowledgement
of paternity, the person submitting the information for a birth record shall
submit a copy of the voluntary acknowledgement of paternity that meets the
requirements in A.R.S. §
25-812;
or
2. An administrative order or a
court order establishing paternity, the person submitting the information for a
birth record shall submit a copy of the administrative order or court order
establishing paternity, certified by the issuing entity.
G. If the State Registrar or a local
registrar or deputy local registrar determines that a request for registration
of an individual's birth submitted according to subsection (C) or (D):
1. Contains the required information and, if
applicable, evidentiary documents, the State Registrar, local registrar, or
deputy local registrar shall establish a birth record for the individual and
register the individual's birth; or
2. Does not contain the required information
or applicable evidentiary documents, the State Registrar, a local registrar, or
deputy local registrar shall:
a. Not
establish a birth record for the individual or register the individual's birth;
and
b. Provide written notification
to the person who submitted the request, according to
R9-19-103(C):
i. Specifying the missing, incomplete, false,
or invalid information or evidentiary documents; and
ii. Informing the person that the person has:
(1) For a request submitted according to
subsection (C), until 30 days after the individual's birth to provide the
required information; or
(2) For a
request submitted according to subsection (D), until one year after the
individual's birth or 30 days after the date of the written notification in
subsection (G)(2)(b), whichever is later, to provide the required information
or evidentiary documents.
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