Filing a Certificate of Live Birth

PURPOSE: This rule prescribes a time for the recording of births and clarifies the procedure, including births not attended by a licensed physician or midwife. (1) Any physician, midwife or other legally authorized person in attendance at a birth must file a birth certificate within seven (7) days after the date of birth. (2) If the birth was not attended, one (1) of the parents must file a birth certificate within seven (7) days after the date of birth. (3) The birth certificate shall include the following items: registration district number; registrar’s number; child’s name, date of birth, time of birth, sex; city, town or location of birth; county of birth; place of birth; if residence (home) birth, was it planned that way; facility name; certifier signature, date signed, certifier’s name and title; attendant’s name and title, attendant’s Missouri license number, attendant’s mailing address; registrar’s signature, date signed by registrar; mother’s name, maiden surname, date of birth, birthplace, residence— state, county, city, town or location, street and number; inside city limits—yes or no; years living at present address; mother’s mailing address; father’s name, date of birth; birthplace; signature of parent or other informant, relation to child; permission given to provide Social Security Administrative (SSA) with the necessary birth information to issue Social Security number—yes or no; mother of Hispanic origin—no or yes—specify; father of Hispanic origin—no or yes—specify; race of mother; race of father; education—mother; education— father; mother participated during pregnancy (check all that apply); live births now living; live births now dead; date of last live birth; other terminations; date of last termination; mother married to father—yes or no; date last normal menses began; month pregnancy prenatal care began; number of prenatal visits; birth weight; crown heel length; clinical estimate of gestation; plurality; if not single birth—specify; other risk factors for this pregnancy—tobacco use during pregnancy, alcohol use during pregnancy; mother’s height; mother’s weight before pregnancy; weight gained during pregnancy; apgar score; mother transferred from another facility or physician’s office prior to delivery—yes or no; infant transferred—yes or no; mother’s blood tested for syphilis; prophylactic drug used in baby’s eyes; medical risk factors for this pregnancy; obstetric procedures; complications of labor, delivery, or both; method of delivery; abnormal conditions of the newborn; and congenital anomalies of child. (4) A live birth certificate shall be filed for any child showing any evidence of life such as breathing, action of heart or movement of voluntary muscles, after the child is entirely outside of the mother, even if the cord is uncut and the placenta is still attached. AUTHORITY: section 193.085, RSMo 1986.* This rule was previously filed as 13 CSR 50-150.040 and 19 CSR 30-10.040. Original rule filed March 13, 1958, effective March 23, 1958. Amended: Filed Nov. 4, 1977, effective Feb. 11, 1978. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Sept. 12, 1988, effective Jan. 1, 1989. Changed to 19 CSR 10-10.040 July 30, 1998. *Original authority: 193.085, RSMo 1984, amended 1997.