S.C. Code Regs. § 61-19.1100.1103 - Administrative Amendment of Birth and Death Records

A. Unless otherwise provided in this regulation or in statute, all administrative amendments to live birth and death records shall be supported by documentary evidence and a notarized affidavit. The notarized affidavit shall be on a form created by the Bureau of Vital Statistics setting forth:

(1) information to identify the record;

(2) the items to be amended;

(3) the incorrect information as it appears; and

(4) the correct information as it should appear and supported by documentary evidence.

B. To amend a live birth record, an application shall be initiated and signed by the parents, the legal guardian, or the registrant if eighteen (18) years of age. Amendments to the registrant's information on a birth record, if eighteen (18) years of age or older, must be signed by the registrant unless the registrant is incapacitated or deceased. Affidavits to amend the information on a birth record for deceased individuals may be signed by the decedent's next of kin with adequate supporting documentation.

C. To amend demographic certification items on a death record, an affidavit of amendment shall be signed by the informant or, in the case of the death or incapacity of the informant, the adult next of kin of the deceased.

D. The medical certification items on a death record may only be amended upon receipt of a signed statement or approved electronic notification from the medical certifier who originally certified the cause of death. In the absence or inability of the medical certifier, the cause of death may be amended upon receipt of a signed statement or an approved electronic notification from his or her duly authorized medical associate, or the chief medical officer of the institution in which death occurred, or a medical examiner, or coroner who assumes jurisdiction of the case. The Department may require documentary evidence to substantiate the requested amendment.

E. Upon acceptance of the requested amendment by the Department, records of live birth and death shall be amended by the Department by adding the new information to the record in a manner that preserves the existing information for audit purposes.

F. Amended records shall be marked as "Amended" on certifications of the record. The date of the change and what item was changed shall also be shown on certifications of the record except on certifications of the record in cases of sealed amendments as described in Section 1109.

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S.C. Code Regs. § 61-19.1100.1103

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2016; State Register Volume 47, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/26/2023.