Title 26B, Utah Health and Human Services Code

26B-8-105. Requirement to obtain parents' social security numbers. (1) For each live birth that occurs in this state, the administrator of the birthing facility, as defined in Section 26B-8-104, or other person responsible for completing and filing the birth certificate under Sec…

26B-8-106. Foundling certificates. (1) A foundling certificate shall be filed for each infant of unknown parentage found in the state. The certificate shall be prepared and filed with the local registrar of the district in which the infant was found by the person assuming custody…

26B-8-107. Correction of errors or omissions in vital records -- Conflicting birth and foundling certificates -- Rulemaking. (1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department may make rules: (a) governing applications to correct alleg…

26B-8-108. Birth registration -- Delayed registration. (1) When a birth registration for an individual born in this state has not been filed in accordance with the time provided in Section 26B-8-104, a birth registration may be filed in accordance with department rules and subjec…

26B-8-109. Birth certificates -- Petition for issuance of delayed certificate -- Court procedure. (1)(a) If registration of a certificate of birth under Section 26B-8-108 is denied, the person seeking registration may bring an action by a verified petition in the Utah court encom…

26B-8-110. Supplementary certificate of birth. (1) An individual born in this state may request the state registrar to register a supplementary birth certificate for the individual if: (a) the individual is legally recognized as a child of the individual's parents when the indivi…

26B-8-111. Birth certificate name or sex designation change -- Registration of court order and amendment of birth certificate. (1) An individual may obtain a court order in accordance with Title 42, Names, to change the name on the individual's birth certificate. (2)(a) A court m…

26B-8-112. Certified copies of birth certificates -- Fees credited to Children's Account. (1) In addition to the fees provided for in Section 26B-1-209, the department and local registrars authorized to issue certified copies shall charge an additional $3 fee for each certified c…

26B-8-113. Fee waived for certified copy of birth certificate. (1) Notwithstanding Sections 26B-1-209 and 26B-6-112, the department shall waive a fee that would otherwise be charged for a certified copy of a birth certificate, if the individual whose birth is confirmed by the bir…

26B-8-114. Certificate of death -- Execution and registration requirements -- Information provided to lieutenant governor. (1)(a) A certificate of death for each death that occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the death occurs, or …

26B-8-115. Fetal death certificate -- Filing and registration requirements. (1)(a) A fetal death certificate shall be filed for each fetal death which occurs in this state. (b) The certificate shall be filed within five days after delivery with the local registrar or as otherwise…

26B-8-116. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (1) As used in this section, "stillbirth" and "stillborn child" mean the same as "dead fetus" as defined in Section 26B-8-101. (2)(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 26B-8-115, the state registrar shall establish…

26B-8-117. Delayed registration of birth resulting in stillbirth. When a birth resulting in stillbirth occurring in this state has not been registered within one year after the date of delivery, a certificate marked "delayed" may be filed and registered in accordance with departm…

26B-8-118. Certificate of early term stillbirth. (1) As used in this section, "early term stillborn child" means a product of human conception, other than in the circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1), that: (a) is of at least 16 weeks' gestation but less than 20 weeks…

26B-8-119. Petition for establishment of unregistered birth or death -- Court procedure. (1) A person holding a direct, tangible, and legitimate interest as described in Subsection 26B-8-125(3)(a) or (b) may petition for a court order establishing the fact, time, and place of a b…

26B-8-120. Certificate of death -- Duties of a custodial funeral service director, an agent of a funeral service director, or a dispositioner -- Medical certification -- Records of funeral service director or dispositioner -- Information filed with local registrar -- Unlawful sig…

26B-8-121. Certificate of death -- Registration prerequisite to interment -- Burial-transit permits -- Procedure where body donated under anatomical gift law -- Permit for disinterment. (1)(a) A dead body or dead fetus may not be interred or otherwise disposed of or removed from …

26B-8-122. Interments -- Duties of sexton or person in charge -- Record of interments -- Information filed with local registrar. (1)(a) A sexton or person in charge of any premises in which interments are made may not inter or permit the interment of any dead body, dead fetus, or…

26B-8-123. Rules of department for transmittal of certificates and keeping of records by local registrar. Each local registrar shall transmit all records registered by him to the department in accordance with department rules. The manner of keeping local copies of vital records a…

26B-8-124. Local registrars authorized to issue certified copies of records. The state registrar may authorize local registrars to issue certified copies of vital records.

26B-8-125. Inspection of vital records. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Designated legal representative" means an attorney, physician, funeral service director, genealogist, or other agent of the subject, or an immediate family member of the subject, who has been delegated the …

26B-8-126. Records required to be kept by health care institutions -- Information filed with local registrar and department. (1)(a) All administrators or other persons in charge of hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for tre…

26B-8-127. Marriage licenses -- Execution and filing requirements. (1) The state registrar shall supply county clerks with application forms for marriage licenses. (2) Completed applications shall be transmitted by the clerks to the state registrar monthly. (3) The personal ident…

26B-8-128. Divorce or adoption -- Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports. (1) For each adoption, annulment of adoption, divorce, and annulment of marriage ordered or decreed in this state, the clerk of the court shall prepare a divorce certificate or report of adopti…

26B-8-129. Certified copies of vital records -- Preparation by state and local registrars -- Evidentiary value. (1) The state registrar and local registrars authorized by the department under Section 26B-8-124 may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproducti…

26B-8-130. Identifying birth certificates of missing persons -- Procedures. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Division" means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division, Department of Public Safety, in Title 53, Chapter 10, Criminal Investigations and Technical S…

26B-8-131. Birth certificate for foreign adoptees. Upon presentation of a court order of adoption and an order establishing the fact, time, and place of birth under Section 26B-8-119, the department shall prepare a birth certificate for an individual who: (1) was adopted under th…

26B-8-132. Determination of death made by registered nurse. (1) As used in this section, "registered nurse" means a registered nurse licensed under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act. (2)(a) An individual is dead if the individual has sustained either: (i) irreversible ces…

26B-8-133. Unlawful acts concerning certificates, records, and reports -- Unlawful transportation or acceptance of dead human body. It is unlawful for any person, association, or corporation and the officers of any of them: (1) to willfully and knowingly make any false statement …

26B-8-134. Illegal use of birth certificate -- Penalties. (1) It is a third degree felony for any person to willfully and knowingly: (a) and with the intent to deceive, obtain, possess, use, sell, furnish, or attempt to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another any certif…

26B-8-201. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Dead body" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-101. (2)(a) "Death by violence" means death that resulted by the decedent's exposure to physical, mechanical, or chemical forces. (b) "Death by violence" includes…

26B-8-202. Chief medical examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority. (1) The executive director shall appoint a chief medical examiner who shall be licensed to practice medicine in the state and shall meet the qualifications of a forensic pathologist, certified by the…

26B-8-203. County medical examiners. The county executive, with the advice and consent of the county legislative body and approval of the chief medical examiner, may appoint medical examiners for their respective counties.

26B-8-204. Investigation of deaths -- Requests for autopsies. (1) The following have authority to investigate a death described in Section 26B-8-205 and any other case which may be within their jurisdiction: (a) the attorney general or an assistant attorney general; (b) the distr…

26B-8-205. Jurisdiction of medical examiner. Upon notification under Section 26B-8-206 or investigation by the medical examiner's office, the medical examiner shall assume jurisdiction over a deceased body if it appears that death: (1) was by violence, gunshot, suicide, or accide…

26B-8-206. Discovery of dead body -- Notice requirements -- Procedure. (1) When death occurs under circumstances listed in Section 26B-8-205, the person or persons finding or having custody of the body shall immediately notify the nearest law enforcement agency. The law enforceme…

26B-8-207. Custody of dead body and personal effects -- Examination of scene of death -- Preservation of body -- Autopsies. (1)(a) Upon notification of a death under Section 26B-8-206, the medical examiner shall assume jurisdiction over the deceased body, clothing on the body, bi…

26B-8-208. Rendering a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Medical examiner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-201. (b) "Unavailable for postmortem investigation" means the same as that term is defined in Sec…

26B-8-209. Certification of cause of death. (1)(a) For a death under any of the circumstances described in Section 26B-8-205, only the medical examiner or the medical examiner's designee may certify the cause of death. (b) An individual who knowingly certifies the cause of death …

26B-8-210. Medical examiner to report death caused by prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose. (1) If a medical examiner determines that the death of a person who is 12 years old or older at the time of death resulted from poisoning or overdose involving a controlle…

26B-8-211. Records and reports of investigations. (1) As used in this section, "substance use disorder treatment record" means a record created or maintained in connection with providing treatment for substance use disorder. (2) A complete copy of all written records and reports …

26B-8-212. Order to exhume body -- Procedure. (1) In case of any death described in Section 26B-8-205, when a body is buried without an investigation by the medical examiner as to the cause and manner of death, it shall be the duty of the medical examiner, upon being advised of t…

26B-8-213. Autopsies -- When authorized. (1) The medical examiner shall perform an autopsy to: (a) aid in the discovery and prosecution of a crime; (b) protect an innocent person accused of a crime; and (c) disclose hazards to public health. (2) The medical examiner may perform a…

26B-8-214. Certification of death by attending health care professional -- Deaths without medical attendance -- Cause of death uncertain -- Notice requirements. (1)(a) A health care professional who treats or examines an individual within 365 days from the day on which the indivi…

26B-8-215. Deaths in medical centers and federal facilities. All death certificates of any decedent who died in a teaching medical center or a federal medical facility unattended or in the care of an unlicensed physician or other medical personnel shall be signed by the licensed …

26B-8-216. Release of body for funeral preparations. (1)(a) Where a body is held for investigation or autopsy under this chapter or for a medical investigation permitted by law, the body shall, if requested by the person given priority under Section 58-9-602, be released for fune…