50-15-208. Birth registration for stillbirth -- requirements. - Montana Statutes

     50-15-208. Birth registration for stillbirth -- requirements. (1) The department shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth on a form adopted by the department when the birth results in a stillbirth. Upon request by a parent, a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be filed in addition to the fetal death certificate provided for in 50-15-403. Upon request, a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be provided to a parent.
     (2) A certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth may be filed by:
     (a) the physician, the physician's designee, or the direct-entry midwife licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 27, in attendance at a stillbirth;
     (b) the person in attendance at a stillbirth;
     (c) the father or the mother;
     (d) in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the stillbirth occurred; or
     (e) the local registrar if 50-15-202 applies.
     (3) The department shall adopt rules providing for:
     (a) the time by which the certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be filed after the stillbirth;
     (b) the evidence required to establish the facts of a stillbirth; and
     (c) the information required on a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 474, L. 2007.