If a birth (incl. a stillbirth) occurs in a hospital or the mother and child are immediately transported to a hospital, the person in charge of the hospital or his or her designated representative shall obtain the necessary information, prepare a birth certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it within 10 days with the health officer of the registration district where the birth occurred. The physician in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate and certify to the fact of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If the physician does not certify to the fact of birth within the required 72 hours, the person in charge of the hospital or the designated representative shall complete and sign the certification.
If a birth occurs in a hospital or the mother and child are immediately transported to a hospital, the person in charge of the hospital or his or her designated representative shall obtain the necessary information, prepare a birth certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it within 10 days with the health officer of the registration district where the birth occurred. The physician in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate and certify to the fact of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If the physician does not certify to the fact of birth within the required 72 hours, the person in charge of the hospital or the designated representative shall complete and sign the certification. (NRS 440.280)
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NRS 440.740 Failure or refusal to file certificate of birth with local health officer. Any physician or midwife in attendance upon a case of confinement or any person charged with responsibility for reporting births who neglects or refuses to file a proper certificate of birth with the local health officer within the time required by law shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250.
[Part 21:199:1911; RL § 2972; NCL § 5255] — (NRS A 1967, 578; 1979, 1469)
NRS 440.270 Immediate registration required. All births that occur in this state shall be registered immediately in the registration districts in which they occur, pursuant to this chapter.
[12:199:1911; RL § 2963; NCL § 5246]
NRS 440.280 Duty of registering birth: Persons required to file; time for filing; required information.
1. If a birth occurs in a hospital or the mother and child are immediately transported to a hospital, the person in charge of the hospital or his or her designated representative shall obtain the necessary information, prepare a birth certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it within 10 days with the health officer of the registration district where the birth occurred. The physician in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate and certify to the fact of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If the physician does not certify to the fact of birth within the required 72 hours, the person in charge of the hospital or the designated representative shall complete and sign the certification.
2. If a birth occurs outside a hospital and the mother and child are not immediately transported to a hospital, the birth certificate must be prepared and filed by one of the following persons in the following order of priority:
(a) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth.
(b) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth.
(c) The father, mother or, if the father is absent and the mother is incapacitated, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
3. If a birth occurs in a moving conveyance, the place of birth is the place where the child is removed from the conveyance.
4. In cities, the certificate of birth must be filed sooner than 10 days after the birth if so required by municipal ordinance or regulation.
5. If the mother was:
(a) Married at the time of birth, the name of her spouse must be entered on the certificate as the other parent of the child unless:
(1) A court has issued an order establishing that a person other than the mother’s spouse is the other parent of the child; or
(2) The mother and a person other than the mother’s spouse have signed a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.285.
(b) Widowed at the time of birth but married at the time of conception, the name of her spouse at the time of conception must be entered on the certificate as the other parent of the child unless:
(1) A court has issued an order establishing that a person other than the mother’s spouse at the time of conception is the other parent of the child; or
(2) The mother and a person other than the mother’s spouse at the time of conception have signed a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.285.
6. If the mother was unmarried at the time of birth, the name of the other parent may be entered on the original certificate of birth only if:
(a) The provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection 5 are applicable;
(b) A court has issued an order establishing that the person is the other parent of the child; or
(c) The parents of the child have signed a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.285. If both parents execute a declaration consenting to the use of the surname of one parent as the surname of the child, the name of that parent must be entered on the original certificate of birth and the surname of that parent must be entered thereon as the surname of the child.
7. An order entered or a declaration executed pursuant to subsection 6 must be submitted to the local health officer, the local health officer’s authorized representative, or the attending physician or midwife before a proper certificate of birth is forwarded to the State Registrar. The order or declaration must then be delivered to the State Registrar for filing. The State Registrar’s file of orders and declarations must be sealed and the contents of the file may be examined only upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or at the request of either parent or the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services as necessary to carry out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 654a. The local health officer shall complete the original certificate of birth in accordance with subsection 6 and other provisions of this chapter.
8. As used in this section, “court” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 125B.004.
[Part 13:199:1911; A 1941, 353; 1931 NCL § 5247] — (NRS A 1967, 1108; 1973, 207; 1977, 350; 1981, 465; 1983, 1879; 1997, 2338; 2007, 1527; 2017, 250, 791)
