5-C:17 Quarterly Reports. – The department shall file a financial report for the vital records improvement fund for the preceding quarter showing the summary of receipts and expenditures, according to the uniform classifications. Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
5-C:18 Annual Report. – The department shall prepare and file a report on the uses of the vital records improvement fund and shall submit the report to the vital records improvement advisory committee no later than December 31 of each year. The report shall contain the following: I. The gross revenue received by the […]
5-C:19 Completion of Birth Worksheet for Hospital or Institutional Births. – I. A hospital, institution, birthing center, attendant, or parent shall file with the division a birth record for each live birth which occurs in the state of New Hampshire. II. In the case of a hospital or institution live birth, a completed birth […]
5-C:2 Division of Vital Records Administration Established. – I. There is established within the department of state a division of vital records administration under the supervision of a director of vital records administration. The secretary of state, with the approval of the governor and council, shall appoint the director of vital records administration, who […]
5-C:20 Completion of the Birth Worksheet for Non-Hospital Births. – I. If a child is born in New Hampshire at home or some place other than a facility that regularly prepares birth records and is brought to a New Hampshire hospital or birthing center with the mother within 24 hours of birth, the hospital […]
5-C:21 Distribution of the Birth Record. – I. The hospital or institution birth registrar shall forward a completed birth record to the division and clerk of the town or city no later than 6 days from the date of birth, and provide to the parents upon discharge from the hospital or institution an exact […]
5-C:22 Legitimation of Child Form. – I. Unless the legitimation is by court order, each parent shall complete a legitimation of child form with the following: (a) Information regarding the child, mother, and natural father, including: the name of the child as originally recorded; date and place of birth; maiden name of the natural […]
5-C:23 Birth Record Following Legitimation. – I. An application for filing an amended birth record in the case of a legitimation shall be made by a parent on a legitimation of child form pursuant to RSA 5-C:22 and submitted to the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred. II. Upon receipt […]
5-C:24 Affidavit of Paternity. – I. In the case of a child born in the state of New Hampshire whose paternity has not been established by means of an affidavit of paternity, the mother or the natural father may initiate a request for an acknowledgment of paternity. II. The affidavit of paternity shall be […]
5-C:25 Informational Requirements for an Affidavit of Paternity. – I. Parents shall include the following information when completing an affidavit of paternity: (a) Information about the child including: the child’s first, middle, and last names; the child’s city or town and state of birth; the child’s date of birth; the child’s name as it […]
5-C:26 Preparation of New Birth Record Following Paternity Determination. – I. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order regarding the paternity of a child born in New Hampshire, the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred shall prepare a new birth record. II. Acceptable documentation for preparing a […]
5-C:27 Rescission of Paternity Form. – I. A parent or legal guardian who is a signatory to the affidavit of paternity shall provide information to complete a rescission of paternity form as follows: (a) Information about the child, including the child’s first, middle, and last names as they appear on the birth record, the […]
5-C:28 Rescission of Paternity Procedures. – I. A parent or legal guardian may request to rescind an affidavit of paternity from the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred within 60 days of the filing of an affidavit of paternity unless an administrative or judicial proceeding related to the child results […]
5-C:29 Surrogate Mother. – When it is known that a child has been born to a surrogate mother and it is intended that the child be adopted after birth by the natural father’s wife, the preparation of the initial birth record shall be governed by the following: I. If the surrogate mother is a […]
5-C:3 Declaration of Policy, Purpose and Scope. – I. The New Hampshire constitution identifies the office of the secretary of state as the keeper of the records of the state. II. The division shall: (a) Provide access to vital records and vital records data while assuring the privacy of all New Hampshire citizens. (b) […]
5-C:30 Birth Resulting From Artificial Insemination. – I. When it is known that the birth of a child is the result of artificial insemination of sperm from a person who is not the mother’s husband, the male parentage shall be indicated on the birth record as follows: (a) If the mother is married, the […]
5-C:31 Notice of Adoption. – All information on an adoption shall be completed on a form prescribed by the division, in accordance with RSA 170-B:22. A parent or the court shall provide the following information in order to complete the form: I. The child’s information taken from a certified copy of the adoptee’s original […]
5-C:32 Adoption Recording Procedures. – I. Adoptions shall be recorded pursuant to this section and RSA 170-B:22. II. In accordance with the reporting requirements cited in RSA 170-B:22, the clerk of the county probate court shall send a completed adoption form, as referenced in RSA 5-C:31, for each child adopted in the state of […]
5-C:33 Procedure for Amending the Birth Record Following Adoption. – I. When the clerk of the town or city of birth occurrence receives a notice of adoption, a new birth record shall be prepared as specified in RSA 5-C:31. II. The new birth record shall be substituted immediately for the original birth record by […]
5-C:34 Application for Certificate of Foreign Birth. – I. The registrar shall establish a New Hampshire certificate of foreign birth for a person born in a foreign country and for whom a final decree of adoption has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in New Hampshire. This certificate of foreign birth shall […]
