Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-96.10 - Newborn safe haven registration
(1) Newborn safe haven registration
procedures shall apply to living infants who have been abandoned or left at an
institutional health facility .
(2)
The person assuming physical custody of the living infant pursuant to Iowa Code
section
233.2(2)
"a" shall, within one business day of assuming custody,
contact the state registrar for specific directions and guidance for
registering the birth.
(3) If the
name of the parent is unknown, newborn safe haven registration shall be
completed in the standard manner by the state registrar pursuant to Iowa Code
section
144.14. Within five
days after assuming physical custody of the infant, the custodian shall provide
on the official birth worksheet the following minimum birth data and other data
required by the state registrar:
a. The date
when and the place where the child was found;
b. The sex, color or race, and approximate
age of the child;
c. The name and
address of the person or institution that has assumed physical custody of the
child;
d. The name given to the
child by the custodian;
e. The
name, title, and license number, if any, of the person acting as the certifier
to the facts of the newborn safe haven registration ;
f. A cover letter with supporting
documentation; and
g. Any
additional information known.
(4) If the name of the parent is disclosed to
the institutional health facility , the facility shall file the certificate of
live birth as required pursuant to Iowa Code sections
144.13 and
233.2(2)
"c."
(5) Pursuant
to Iowa Code section
144.14, if the child
is properly identified after the newborn safe haven registration , the birth
record shall be reestablished as needed and all records pertaining to the
newborn safe haven registration shall be sealed along with the original
supporting documentation, which shall be opened only by order of a court of
competent jurisdiction or for vital records administrative purposes.
(6) The record shall be on file only at the
state registrar's office, and all supporting documentation shall be placed in a
sealed file which shall be opened only by order of a court of competent
jurisdiction or for vital records administrative purposes. The confidentiality
of the live birth certificate shall be maintained pursuant to Iowa Code
sections
233.2(2)
"c" and 144.43.
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