§ 4130. Births; registration. 1. Live birth is defined as the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement […]
§ 4135-a. Birth certificate; child born in prison. There shall be no specific statement on the birth certificate as to the fact that a child was born in prison.
§ 4135-b. Voluntary acknowledgments of parentage. 1. (a) Immediately preceding or following the in-hospital birth of a child to an unmarried person or to a person who gave birth to a child conceived through assisted reproduction, the person in charge of such hospital or his or her designated representative shall provide to the unmarried person […]
§ 4136. Birth certificate; statement as to blood test. 1. In reporting every birth and fetal death, physicians and others permitted to attend pregnancy cases and required to report births and fetal deaths shall state on the birth certificate or fetal death certificate, as the case may be, whether a blood test for syphilis has […]
§ 4137. Births; notice of recording. 1. (a) Within ten days after receiving the certificate of birth the registrar shall furnish without charge to the parents or guardian of the child or to the mother at the address designated by her for the purpose, a certified copy. (b) The registrar shall, at the same time, […]
§ 4138. Birth certificate; new certificate in case of subsequent marriage of unwed parents; adoption; adjudication of parentage; change of name of registrant or parent; gender transition of registrant or parent. 1. A new certificate of birth shall be made whenever: (a) proof is submitted to the commissioner that the previously unwed parents of a […]
§ 4138-a. Certificate of birth data. Any existing certificate of birth data shall continue to be effective.
§ 4138-b. Birth certificate: foreign country adoption. Whenever the adoption or finalization of a foreign adoption or recognition of a foreign adoption of a child pursuant to section one hundred eleven-c of the domestic relations law has been reported to the commissioner, the commissioner shall file a birth certificate for the child provided there is […]
§ 4138-c. Adoption information registry. 1. There shall be established in the department an adoption information registry operated by employees of the department specifically designated by the commissioner. Access to all records and information in the registry shall be limited to such designated employees and such records and information shall be kept strictly confidential except […]
§ 4138-d. Mutual consent voluntary adoption registry. 1. A mutual consent voluntary adoption registry may be established and maintained by each authorized agency involved in an adoption. Persons eligible to receive identifying information may work through the agency involved in the adoption. If that agency has merged or ceased operations, a successor agency which has […]
§ 4138-e. Adoptee’s right to a certified copy of his or her birth certificate. 1. The legislature hereby states its intention to acknowledge, support and encourage the life-long health and well-being needs of persons who have been and will be adopted in this state. The legislature further recognizes that the denial of access to accurate […]
