382.001 – Short Title.
382.001 Short title.—This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Vital Statistics Act.” History.—s. 1, ch. 87-387.
382.002 – Definitions.
382.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Burial-transit permit” means a permit issued by the department that authorizes the final disposition of a dead body. (2) “Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth” means a certificate issued to record and memorialize the birth of a stillborn child. (3) “Certification” or “certified” means a document containing all or a […]
382.003 – Powers and Duties of the Department.
382.003 Powers and duties of the department.—The department shall: (1) Establish an Office of Vital Statistics under the direction of a State Registrar for the uniform and efficient registration, compilation, storage, and preservation of all vital records in the state. (2) Procure the complete registration of all vital records in each registration district and in the Office of […]
382.004 – Reproduction and Destruction of Records.
382.004 Reproduction and destruction of records.— (1) The department is authorized to photograph, microphotograph, reproduce on film, or reproduce by electronic means vital records in such a manner that the data on each page are in conformity with the original record. (2) The department is authorized to destroy any of the original vital records after they have been […]
382.005 – Duties of Local Registrars.
382.005 Duties of local registrars.— (1) Each local registrar is charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted hereunder in his or her registration district, and shall make an immediate report to the department of any violation or apparent violation of this law or rules adopted hereunder. (2) Each local […]
382.006 – Burial-Transit Permit.
382.006 Burial-transit permit.— (1) The funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus must obtain a burial-transit permit before final disposition and within 5 days after death. The funeral director shall provide the electronic burial-transit permit generated from the electronic death registration system, or a manually produced permit, to the person in charge […]
382.007 – Final Dispositions Prohibited Without Burial-Transit Permit; Records of Dead Bodies Disposed.
382.007 Final dispositions prohibited without burial-transit permit; records of dead bodies disposed.—A person in charge of any premises on which final dispositions are made shall not inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any dead body unless it is accompanied by a burial-transit permit. Such person shall enter upon the permit the date of […]
382.008 – Death, Fetal Death, and Nonviable Birth Registration.
382.008 Death, fetal death, and nonviable birth registration.— (1) A certificate for each death and fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed electronically on the department electronic death registration system or on a form prescribed by the department with the department or local registrar of the district in which the death occurred within 5 […]
382.0085 – Stillbirth Registration.
382.0085 Stillbirth registration.— (1) For any stillborn child in this state, the department shall, within 60 days, issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth upon the request of a parent named on a fetal death certificate. (2) The person who is required to file a fetal death certificate under this chapter shall advise the parent of a […]
382.0086 – Certificate of Nonviable Birth.
382.0086 Certificate of nonviable birth.— (1) For any nonviable birth in this state, the department shall issue a certificate of nonviable birth within 60 days upon the request of a parent named on the registration of nonviable birth. (2) The person or entity authorized to register a nonviable birth under this chapter shall advise a parent of a […]
382.009 – Recognition of Brain Death Under Certain Circumstances.
382.009 Recognition of brain death under certain circumstances.— (1) For legal and medical purposes, where respiratory and circulatory functions are maintained by artificial means of support so as to preclude a determination that these functions have ceased, the occurrence of death may be determined where there is the irreversible cessation of the functioning of the entire brain, […]
382.011 – Medical Examiner Determination of Cause of Death.
382.011 Medical examiner determination of cause of death.— (1) In the case of any death or fetal death due to causes or conditions listed in s. 406.11, any death that occurred more than 12 months after the decedent was last treated by a primary or attending physician, or any death for which there is reason to believe […]
382.012 – Presumptive Death Certificate.
382.012 Presumptive death certificate.— (1) “Presumptive death” means a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that: (a) A death of a resident of this state has occurred or is presumed to have occurred, but the body of the person involved has not been located or recovered; or (b) A death of a nonresident of this state has occurred […]
382.013 – Birth Registration.
382.013 Birth registration.—A certificate for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed within 5 days after such birth with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurred and shall be registered by the local registrar if the certificate has been completed and filed in accordance with this chapter and […]
382.0135 – Social Security Numbers; Enumeration-at-Birth Program.
382.0135 Social security numbers; enumeration-at-birth program.—The department shall make arrangements with the United States Social Security Administration for electronic notification of deaths that occur in the state and to participate in the voluntary enumeration-at-birth program. The State Registrar is authorized to take any actions necessary to administer the program in this state, including modifying the procedures […]
382.015 – New Certificates of Live Birth; Duty of Clerks of Court and Department.
382.015 New certificates of live birth; duty of clerks of court and department.—The clerk of the court in which any proceeding for adoption, annulment of an adoption, affirmation of parental status, or determination of paternity is to be registered, shall within 30 days after the final disposition, forward to the department a certified copy of the […]
382.016 – Amendment of Records.
382.016 Amendment of records.—The department, upon receipt of the fee prescribed in s. 382.0255; documentary evidence, as specified by rule, of any misstatement, error, or omission occurring in any birth, death, or fetal death record; and an affidavit setting forth the changes to be made, shall amend or replace the original certificate as necessary. (1) CERTIFICATE OF […]
382.017 – Foreign Births.
382.017 Foreign births.— (1) Upon request, the department shall prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in a foreign country who is not a citizen of the United States and whose judgment of adoption was entered by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state. The certificate shall be established upon receipt […]
382.019 – Delayed Registration; Administrative Procedures.
382.019 Delayed registration; administrative procedures.— (1) Registration after 1 year is a delayed registration, and the department may, upon receipt of an application and the fee required under s. 382.0255, and proof of the birth, death, or fetal death as prescribed by this section or rule, register a delayed certificate if the department does not already have […]
382.0195 – Court-Issued Delayed Birth Certificate.
382.0195 Court-issued delayed birth certificate.— (1) In addition to the provisions of s. 382.019, any state resident or person born in this state who does not have a birth certificate may, at any time after birth, file a petition in the circuit court in the county of residence or in the alleged county of his or her […]