DIVISION 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS 102100-103925›PART 1. VITAL RECORDS 102100-103800›CHAPTER 3. Live Birth Registration 102400-102520›ARTICLE 1. Duty of Registering Live Birth 102400-102415
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California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 303, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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