102425
. (a) The certificate of live birth for any live birth
occurring on or after January 1, 2016, shall contain those items
necessary to establish the fact of the birth and shall contain only
the following information:
(1) Full name and sex of the child.
(2) Date of birth, including month, day, hour, and year.
(3) Place of birth.
(4) Full name, birthplace, and date of birth of each parent,
including month, day, and year, and the parental relationship of the
parent to the child.
(A) The full name of the mother shall be the birth name of the
mother.
(B) If the birth mother is one of the parents listed on the
certificate of live birth, her name shall be placed on the second
parent line.
(C) If the parents are not married to each other, the father's
name shall not be listed on the birth certificate unless the father
and the mother sign a voluntary declaration of paternity at the
hospital before the birth certificate is submitted for registration.
The birth certificate may be amended to add the father's name at a
later date only if paternity for the child has been established by a
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by the filing of a
voluntary declaration of paternity.
(5) Multiple births and birth order of multiple births.
(6) Signature, and relationship to the child, of a parent or other
informant, and date signed.
(7) Name, title, and mailing address of the attending physician
and surgeon or principal attendant, signature, and certification of
live birth by the attending physician and surgeon or principal
attendant or certifier, date signed, and name and title of the
certifier if other than the attending physician and surgeon or
principal attendant.
(8) Date accepted for registration and signature of local
registrar.
(9) A state birth certificate number and local registration
district and number.
(10) A blank space for entry of the date of death with a caption
reading "Date of Death."
(b) In addition to the items listed in subdivision (a), the
certificate of live birth shall contain the following medical and
social information, provided that the information is kept
confidential pursuant to Sections 102430 and 102447 and is clearly
labeled "Confidential Information for Public Health Use Only:"
(1) Birth weight.
(2) Pregnancy history.
(3) Race and ethnicity of the mother and father.
(4) Residence address of the birth mother.
(5) A blank space for entry of census tract for the birth mother's
address.
(6) Date of first prenatal care visit, the number of prenatal care
visits, and commencing January 1, 2007, the date of last prenatal
care visit.
(7) Date of last normal menses and, commencing January 1, 2007, an
obstetric estimate of completed weeks of gestation at delivery.
(8) Description of complications and procedures of pregnancy and
concurrent illnesses, congenital malformation, and any complication
or procedure of labor and delivery, including surgery, provided that
this information is essential medical information and appears in
total on the face of the certificate.
(9) Commencing January 1, 2007, hearing screen results.
(10) Mother's and father's occupations and kind of business or
industry.
(11) Education level of the mother and father.
(12) Principal source of payment for prenatal care, which shall
include the following: Medi-Cal, private insurance, self-pay, other
sources, and any other categories as may be determined by the State
Department of Public Health.
(13) Expected principal source of payment for delivery, which
shall include the following: Medi-Cal, private insurance, self-pay,
other sources, and any other categories as may be determined by the
State Department of Public Health.
(14) An indication of whether or not the child's parent desires
the automatic issuance of a social security number to the child.
(15) On and after January 1, 1995, the social security numbers of
the mother and father, unless subdivision (d) applies.
(c) When an objection is made by either parent to the furnishing
of the information specified in paragraphs (3), (10), and (11) of
subdivision (b) for the confidential portion of the certificate of
live birth, this information shall not be required to be entered on
that portion of the certificate of live birth.
(d) A parent is not required to disclose his or her social
security number as required by paragraph (15) of subdivision (b) if
the parent has good cause for not disclosing his or her social
security number. Good cause shall be defined by regulations adopted
by the State Department of Social Services.
(e) Paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) shall be completed by the
attending physician and surgeon or the attending physician and
surgeon's designated representative. The names and addresses of
children born with congenital malformations who require followup
treatment, as determined by the child's physician and surgeon, shall
be furnished by the physician and surgeon to the local health
officer, if permission is granted by either parent of the child.
(f) The parent shall only be asked to sign the form after both the
public portion and the confidential medical and social information
items have been entered upon the certificate of live birth.
(g) (1) The State Registrar shall instruct all local registrars to
collect the information specified in this section with respect to
certificates of live birth. The information shall be transcribed on
the certificate of live birth in use at the time and shall be limited
to the information specified in this section.
(2) Information relating to concurrent illnesses, complications
and procedures of pregnancy and delivery, and congenital
malformations shall be completed by the physician and surgeon, or the
physician and surgeon's designee, who shall insert in the space
provided on the confidential portion of the certificate the
appropriate number or numbers listed on the VS-10A supplemental
worksheet. The VS-10A supplemental form shall be used as a worksheet
only and shall not in any manner be linked with the identity of the
child or the birth mother, nor submitted with the certificate to the
State Registrar. All information transferred from the worksheet to
the certificate shall be fully explained to the parent or other
informant prior to the signing of the certificate. Questions relating
to drug or alcohol abuse shall not be asked.
(h) (1) The Vital Statistics Advisory Committee, in accordance
with Section 102465, shall conduct a review of the contents of the
certificate of live birth to coincide with decennial revisions by the
National Center for Health Statistics to the United States Standard
Certificate of Live Birth. The Vital Statistics Advisory Committee
shall make recommendations to the State Registrar regarding the
adoption of modifications to the state certificate of live birth that
are similar to those made to the federal certificate.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 102470, the State Registrar shall
review the Vital Statistics Advisory Committee recommendations and,
at the State Registrar's discretion, shall submit to the Legislature,
for approval, additions or deletions to the certificate of live
birth.
(i) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.