SECTIONS 102400-102415 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 102400-102415

102400. Each live birth shall be registered with the local
registrar of births and deaths for the district in which the birth
occurred within 10 days following the date of the event.

102405. For live births that occur in a hospital, or a
state-licensed alternative birth center, as defined in paragraph (4)
of subdivision (b) of Section 1204, the administrator of the hospital
or center or a representative designated by the administrator in
writing may sign the birth certificate certifying the fact of birth
instead of the attending physician and surgeon, certified nurse
midwife, or principal attendant if the physician and surgeon,
certified nurse midwife, or principal attendant is not available to
sign the certificate; and shall be responsible for registering the
certificate with the local registrar within the time specified in
Section 102400.

102410. For those live births occurring in a hospital, and upon a
parent's request, a footprint shall be taken of the child prior to
discharge from the facility and shall be made available to the
parents. The footprint shall be placed on a sheet of paper that is
separate from the birth certificate, shall only be prepared for the
parents prior to discharge from the hospital, and need not be
retained or kept on file.

102415. For live births that occur outside of a hospital or outside
of a state-licensed alternative birth center, as defined in
paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1204, the physician in
attendance at the birth or, in the absence of a physician, the
professionally licensed midwife in attendance at the birth or, in the
absence of a physician or midwife, either one of the parents shall
be responsible for entering the information on the certificate,
securing the required signatures, and for registering the certificate
with the local registrar.