District of Columbia Administrative Code

2817 AMENDMENT OF VITAL RECORDS, GENERAL 2817.1 Only the Registrar may amend a vital record. 2817.2 An amendment made by annotation shall be placed on the front lower margin of the record but may not obscure or alter the original entries in any way. 2817.3 Each amendment to a vit…

2818 AMENDMENT OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE 2818.1 Application to amend a birth certificate may be made in accordance with § 2817 and this section by the parent of parents of the registrant, the guardian, the registrant if eighteen (18) years of age or over, of the individual responsible…

2819 AMENDMENT OF VITAL RECORDS OTHER THAN BIRTH CERTIFICATES 2819.1 To amend a death certificate, application may be made by the next of kin, by the informant, the funeral director or by the person acting as such who signed the death certificate. 2819.2 An application to amend t…

2820 PRESERVATION OF ORIGINAL RECORDS 2820.1 The Registrar may prepare reproductions of vital records to insure the continued preservation of the information and may dispose of the original records in accordance with the provisions of the rules and regulations governing managemen…

2821 DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS AND INFORMATION WHICH IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS 2821.1 To protect the integrity of vital records, the Registrar shall not permit inspection of or disclose information contained in vital records, or copy or issue a copy of all or part of any record unless he …

2822 COPIES OR INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR RESEARCH, STATISTICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES 2822.1 The Registrar may disclose statistical data from vital records which do not identify or make practical the identification of any individual with respect to whom a vital record is maint…

2823 COPIES OF DATA FROM VITAL RECORDS 2823.1 Full or short form certified copies of vital records may be made by mechanical, electronic, or other reproductive process, except that the information contained in the “Information for Medical and Health Use Only” section of the birth…

2824 RETENTION AND ACCESS TO RECORDS RELATED TO VITAL RECORDS 2824.1 Each funeral director shall maintain a record of each dead body or fetus which he or she handles. 2824.2 Each record listed under § 2824.1 shall be indexed alphabetically and by date of death and shall contain t…

2825 MATCHING OF BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES 2825.1 For purposes of matching a birth and death certificate, the following information about the decedent shall be provided to the Registrar so that it may be compared to the information on the birth certificate: (a) Name of deceden…

2826 COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATES 2826.1 The Registrar may issue commemorative certificates celebrating the anniversary of births and marriages and other important events for which vital records are maintained. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 781, 799 (January 25, 1991…