| (B) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks | 23 |
of gestation that suffers a fetal death of at least twenty weeks | 24 |
of gestation occurring in Ohio shall not be interred, deposited in | 25 |
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a vault or tomb, cremated, or otherwise disposed of by a funeral | 26 |
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director or other person until a fetal death certificate or | 27 |
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provisional death certificate has been filed with and a burial | 28 |
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permit is issued by the local registrar of vital statistics of the | 29 |
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registration district in which the fetal death occurs, or the body | 30 |
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is found. | 31 |
| (D) When a burial permit is issued under division (B) of this | 44 |
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section for the product of human conception of at least twenty | 45 |
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weeks of gestation that suffers a fetal death, the local registrar | 46 |
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shall inform the parent or parents listed on the fetal death | 47 |
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certificate or provisional death certificate of the option of | 48 |
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applying for issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in | 49 |
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stillbirth under section 3705.23 of the Revised Code and the | 50 |
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process for filing the application. | 51 |
| Sec. 3705.23. (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this | 52 |
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section, the director of health, the state registrar, or a local | 53 |
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registrar, on receipt of a signed application and the fee | 54 |
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specified in section 3705.24 of the Revised Code, shall issue a | 55 |
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certified copy of a vital record, or of a part of a vital record, | 56 |
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in the director's or registrar's custody to any applicant, unless | 57 |
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the vital record has ceased to be a public record pursuant to | 58 |
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section 3705.09, 3705.11, 3705.12, or 3705.15 of the Revised Code. | 59 |
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The certified copy shall show the date the vital record was | 60 |
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registered by the local registrar. | 61 |
| (2) A certified copy of a vital record may be made by a | 62 |
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mechanical, electronic, or other reproduction process. It shall be | 63 |
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certified as a true copy by the director, state registrar, or | 64 |
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local registrar who has custody of the record and shall include | 65 |
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the date of issuance, the name of the issuing officer, the | 66 |
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signature of the officer or an authorized facsimile of the | 67 |
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signature, and the seal of the issuing office. | 68 |
| (4)(a) Information contained in the "information for medical | 74 |
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and health use only" section of a birth record shall not be | 75 |
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included as part of a certified copy of the birth record unless | 76 |
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the information specifically is requested by the individual to | 77 |
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whose birth the record attests, either of the individual's parents | 78 |
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or the individual's guardian, a lineal descendant, or an official | 79 |
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of the federal or state government or of a political subdivision | 80 |
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of the state charged by law with detecting or prosecuting crime. | 81 |
| (b) Except as provided in division (A)(4)(a) of this section, | 82 |
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neither the office of vital statistics nor a local registrar shall | 83 |
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disclose information contained in the "information for medical and | 84 |
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health use only" section of a birth record unless a court, for | 85 |
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good cause shown, orders disclosure of the information or the | 86 |
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state registrar specifically authorizes release of the information | 87 |
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for statistical or research purposes under conditions the state | 88 |
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registrar, subject to the approval of the director of health, | 89 |
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shall establish by rule. | 90 |
| (B)(1) Unless the applicant specifically requests a certified | 91 |
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copy, the director, the state registrar, or a local registrar, on | 92 |
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receipt of a signed application for a birth record and the fee | 93 |
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specified in section 3705.24 of the Revised Code, may issue a | 94 |
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certification of birth, and the certification of birth shall | 95 |
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contain at least the name, sex, date of birth, registration date, | 96 |
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and place of birth of the person to whose birth the record attests | 97 |
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and shall attest that the person's birth has been registered. A | 98 |
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certification of birth shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts | 99 |
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stated in it in all courts and places. | 100 |
(2) The director or the state registrar, on the receipt of a | 101 |
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signed application for an heirloom certification of birth and the | 102 |
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fee specified in section 3705.24 of the Revised Code, may issue an | 103 |
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heirloom certification of birth. The director shall prescribe by | 104 |
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rule guidelines for the form of an heirloom certification of | 105 |
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birth, and the guidelines shall require the heirloom certification | 106 |
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of birth to contain at least the name, sex, date of birth, | 107 |
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registration date, and place of birth of the person to whose birth | 108 |
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the record attests and to attest that the person's birth has been | 109 |
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registered. An heirloom certification of birth shall be | 110 |
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prima-facie evidence of the facts stated in it in all courts and | 111 |
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places. | 112 |
(3)(a) The director or the state registrar, on the receipt of | 113 |
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an application signed by either parent, shall issue a certificate | 114 |
recognizing the delivery of a stillborn infantof birth resulting | 115 |
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in stillbirth. The director shall prescribe guidelines by rule for | 116 |
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the form of the certificate. The guidelines shall require that the | 117 |
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certificate contain at least the name, sex, date of delivery, and | 118 |
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place of delivery. The director or the state registrar shall | 119 |
charge no fee for the certificate. A certificate recognizing the | 120 |
delivery of a stillborn infantof birth resulting in stillbirth is | 121 |
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not proof of a live birth for purposes of federal, state, and | 122 |
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local taxes. | 123 |