HAR §10-3-2.1. §10-3-2

1 Documentation. (a) Applicants shall provide the department with birth certificates or certifications issued by the department of health, or responsible government agency if the record is an out- of-state or foreign birth record. Out-of-state and foreign birth records shall be accompanied by a notarized affidavit from at least one named parent attesting to knowledge of the facts contained in the birth record and the veracity and accuracy of the contents of the record, as required by the department. (b) If qualifications cannot be determined by birth records, the department may consider the following secondary documents: (1) Certified marriage certificates; (2) Certified death certificates; (3) Family history charts and documents such as marriage, divorce, and'death records from the State of Hawaii Archives, state courts, public libraries or United States Census records; (4) Official baptismal records or other church documents identifying the race of applicant or applicant's ancestors; (5) Official records from the files of military services, schools, or hospitals; (6) Employment records; (7) Written statement from a physician knowledgeable of the facts or, in the case of a relative's death, a written statement from the mortuary which handled the burial; (8) Newspaper clippings from Obituaries and Vital Statistics sections; and (9) Other documents as may be requested by the department. [Eff MAR 31 2017 ] (Auth: HHC Act §222; HRS §91-2) (Imp: HHC Act §207)