Michigan Compiled Laws 368-1978-2-28 Part 28 Vital Records (333.2801...333.2899)

• Section 333.2801 Meanings Of Words And Phrases; General Definitions And Principles Of Construction.
  (1) For purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 2803 to 2805 have the meanings ascribed to them in those...
• Section 333.2803 Definitions; A To F.
  (1) "Abortion" means that term as defined in section 17015. (2) "Dead body" means a human body or fetus, or a part of a...
• Section 333.2804 Definitions; I To R.
  (1) "Institution" means a public or private establishment that provides inpatient medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial, or domiciliary care...
• Section 333.2805 Definitions; S To V.
  (1) “State registrar” means the official appointed under section 2813 or his or her authorized representative. (2) “System of vital statistics” means the collection,...
• Section 333.2811 Form And Content Of Vital Records And Certificates.
  The department shall prescribe the form and content of vital records and certificates, which shall conform as nearly as possible to recognized national standardized...
• Section 333.2813 State Registrar; Appointment; Duties; Inclusion Of Social Security Number; Disclosure Prohibited; Violation; Penalty.
  (1) The director shall appoint, subject to civil service rules, a state registrar to administer the system of vital statistics. (2) The state registrar...
• Section 333.2814 City Clerk Or City Department As Local Registrar; Rules.
  (1) A city having a population of less than 40,000 and an institution located within the city limits may request the state registrar to...
• Section 333.2815 Local Registrar; Duties.
  (1) A county board of commissioners and the governing body of a city having a population of 40,000 or more may agree that the...
• Section 333.2821 Birth Registration Required; Filing Record Of Birth; Time Of Registration; Transmission To Childhood Immunization Registry.
  (1) Birth registration is required for each individual born in this state. (2) A record of birth for each live birth that occurs in...
• Section 333.2822 Persons Required To Report Live Birth Occurring In State; “abortion” Defined.
  (1) The following individuals shall report a live birth that occurs in this state: (a) If a live birth occurs in an institution or...
• Section 333.2823 Registration Of Live Birth Occurring In Moving Conveyance.
  (1) When a live birth occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in...
• Section 333.2824 Registering Name Of Husband As Father Of Child; Registering Surname Of Child; Consent; Acknowledgment Of Parentage; Designating Surname Of Child; Entering Name Of Father And Surname Of Child On Birth Certificate; Father Not Named On Birth Registration; Utilization Of Assisted Reproductive Technology; Reference To Legitimacy Or Illegitimacy Prohibited.
  (1) The name of the husband at the time of conception or, if none, the husband at birth shall be registered as the father...
• Section 333.2825 Assuming Custody Of Live Born Child Of Unknown Parentage; Form, Contents, And Filing Of Report; Place Of Birth; Report As Birth Registration; Sealing And Opening Of Report.
  (1) A person who assumes custody of a live born child of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed...
• Section 333.2827 Failure To Register Birth Within Time Prescribed; Filing Certificate Of Birth; Registration Of Birth Subject To Evidentiary Requirements; Marking Certificate “delayed” And Showing Date Of Delayed Registration; Endorsing Summary Statement Of Evidence On Certificate; Failure To Register Due To Conflict Of Information.
  (1) When the birth of an individual born in this state has not been registered within the time period prescribed in section 2821, a...
• Section 333.2828 Conditions Prohibiting Registration Of Delayed Certificate Of Birth; Advising Applicant Of Reasons And Right Of Appeal; Dismissal Of Application; Judicial Findings And Order; Forwarding Order To State Registrar; Registration Of Order As Certificate Of Birth; Forwarding Copy Of Delayed Registration To Local Registrar.
  (1) If an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by rules for delayed registration of a birth or if the state registrar...
• Section 333.2829 Report Of Adoption; Form; Contents; Report When Adoption Order Amended, Annulled, Or Rescinded; Duty Of Probate Register Or Clerk; Requirements Of Birth Certificate Issued To Adopted Individual.
  (1) For each adoption ordered by the probate court in this state, the court shall prepare a report of adoption on a form prescribed...
• Section 333.2830 Adoption Of Child Born Outside United States, Territory Of United States, Or Canada; Filing, Form, And Contents Of Delayed Registration Of Birth; Petition For Issuance Of Delayed Registration Of Birth; Entering Change Of Name.
  (1) If a child whose birth occurred outside the United States, a territory of the United States, or Canada is adopted by a resident...
• Section 333.2831 New Certificate Of Birth; Establishment; Requirements.
  The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for an individual born in this state when the registrar receives the following: (a)...
• Section 333.2832 New Certificate Of Birth; Actual Place And Date Of Birth To Be Shown; Substitution For Original Certificate; Inspection; Restoration Of Original Certificate Upon Notice Of Annulment Or Rescission Of Adoption; Preparing New Certificate On Delayed Birth Certificate Form; Sealing Or Forwarding Original Certificate.
  (1) When a new certificate of live birth is established, the actual place and date of birth shall be shown. The new certificate shall...
• Section 333.2833 Recording Death On Decedent's Birth Certificate; Notification; Recordation By Department Or Local Registrar; Recordation On Face Of Copies Of Certificate; Correction Of Record.
  (1) The death of a person whose birth is registered under this code shall be recorded on the decedent's birth certificate in compliance with...
• Section 333.2834 Report Of Fetal Death; Time, Form, And Manner; Prohibited Information; Report If Dead Fetus Delivered In Or Outside Institution; Notice To Medical Examiner; Investigation And Report; Use And Disposition Of Confidential Statistical Reports; Disclosure Identifying Biological Parents Prohibited; Incorporation Of Records Into System Of Vital Statistics; Certificate Of Stillbirth.
  (1) A fetal death occurring in this state shall be reported to the state registrar within 5 days after delivery. The state registrar shall...
• Section 333.2835 "Physical Complication" Defined; Report Of Abortion; Form, Transmittal, And Contents Of Report; Prohibited Information; Destruction Of Reports; Annual Statistical Report; Use Of Statistical Reports; Prohibited Disclosures; Violation; Penalty; Release Of Reports Or Contents To Department Of Licensing And Regulatory Affairs.
  (1) As used in this section and section 2837, "physical complication" means a physical condition occurring during or after an abortion that, under generally...
• Section 333.2836 Disposal Of Fetal Remains.
  (1) All fetal remains resulting from abortions shall be disposed of by interment or cremation as those terms are defined in section 2 of...
• Section 333.2837 Physical Complication Or Death Resulting From Abortion; Report.
  (1) A physician shall file a written report with the department regarding each patient who comes under the physician's professional care and who suffers...
• Section 333.2841 Death Registration Required; Place Of Death; Failure To Report Death To Law Enforcement Agency, Funeral Home, Or 9-1-1 Operator; Violation; Penalty.
  (1) Death registration is required for each individual who dies in this state. If the place of death is unknown, but the body is...
• Section 333.2842 Death Registration; Death Occurring In Moving Conveyance.
  (1) When death occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the body is first removed from the conveyance in this state,...
• Section 333.2843 Report Of Death By Funeral Director; “dead Body” Defined; Personal Data; Medical Certification; Neglecting Or Refusing To Sign Death Certificate As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Certification And Filing Of Death Record; Deceased Infant; Information.
  (1) A funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body, either personally or through his or her authorized agent, shall report the...
• Section 333.2843a Ascertaining If Deceased Person Veteran; Releasing Information For Graves Registration List Of All Burials Of Veterans.
  A funeral director or his or her agent shall ascertain if the deceased person was a veteran of the armed forces of the United...
• Section 333.2843b Physician Having Actual Knowledge Of Presence In Deceased Individual Of Infectious Agent; Notification Of Funeral Director Or Authorized Agent; Refusal To Render Services Prohibited; Effective Date Of Subsection (1); Confidentiality; Rules; Violation As Misdemeanor.
  (1) If, at the time of death, a physician who is required to complete the medical certification under section 2843(1)(a) has actual knowledge of...
• Section 333.2844 Referral Of Case To County Medical Examiner; Determining And Certifying Cause Of Death; Investigation; Completing And Signing Medical Certification; Notice To Funeral Director; Final Disposition.
  (1) When death occurs more than 10 days after the deceased was last seen by a physician, if the cause of death appears to...
• Section 333.2844a Dental Examination Of Dead Body; Forwarding Records To Law Enforcement Agency; Entering Information Into National Crime Information Center; Cancellation Of Information.
  (1) In deaths investigated by the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner where he or she is not able to establish and...
• Section 333.2845 Inability To Locate Body; Registration Of Death Upon Receipt Of Findings Of Probate Court; Marking Death Registration; Extension Of Time Periods.
  (1) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this state but the body cannot be located, the state registrar may register the...
• Section 333.2846 Failure To Register Death Within Prescribed Time Period; Filing, Registering, And Marking Certificate; Evidentiary Requirements.
  (1) When a death occurring in this state is not registered within the time period prescribed by section 2843, a certificate may be filed...
• Section 333.2847 Death Of Individual In County In Which Individual Not A Resident; Information; Issuance Of Certified Copy Or Certificate Of Registration Prohibited.
  When a death registration returned by a local registrar to the state registrar indicates that an individual died in a county in which the...
• Section 333.2848 Authorization For Final Disposition Of Dead Body Or Fetus; Time; Form; Retention Of Permit; Religious Service Or Ceremony Not Required; Cremation; Moving Body; Permit Issued By Other State.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in sections 2844 and 2845, a funeral director or person acting as a funeral director, who first assumes custody...
• Section 333.2850 Interment Or Other Disposition Of Dead Body Or Fetus; Duty Of Individual In Charge Of Premises; Record Of Final Disposition.
  An individual in charge of premises in which interments or other disposition of dead bodies is made shall not inter or allow interment or...
• Section 333.2851 Permit Request For Disinterment Of Dead Human Body.
  (1) Subject to any other provision of this part, a person who has authority to make arrangements for a dead human body under section...
• Section 333.2852 Weather Conditions Requiring Storage Of Dead Body; Authorization For Delayed Interment; Disinterment And Reinterment Permit Not Required.
  When weather conditions prevent an immediate interment of a dead body and storage is necessary, the individual in charge of a cemetery shall obtain...
• Section 333.2853 Permit For Disinterment And Reinterment Required; Issuance; Forms For Permits And Applications; Retention Of Application; Copy Of Permit As Permanent Record; Petition For Disinterment Order.
  (1) A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required before disinterment of a dead body. The local health department in whose jurisdiction the body...
• Section 333.2854 Failure To Comply With Provisions Of Mcl 333.2836 Or 333.2848; Violation; State Civil Infraction; Civil Fine.
  A person who violates this part by failing to dispose of fetal remains resulting from an abortion as prescribed in section 2836 or by...
• Section 333.2855 Autopsy; Physician To Perform; Consent; Ordering Of Autopsy; Exceptions; Removal, Retention, Or Use Of Pituitary Gland; Conditions; Charge; Submitting Pituitary Gland For Treatment Of Human Being; Agreement.
  (1) An autopsy shall not be performed upon the body of a deceased individual except by a physician who has been granted written consent...
• Section 333.2855a Public Display Of Autopsy Photograph; Court Action; Applicability Of Section To Internet Service Provider; Constitutionally Protected Speech Or Activity Not Prohibited; Definitions.
  (1) A person shall not publicly display an autopsy photograph of a decedent that identifies the decedent by name, face, or other identifying physical...
• Section 333.2861 Original Marriage License Certificates; Filing; Incorporating Information Relating To Marriages In System Of Vital Statistics.
  (1) A local registrar shall file with the state registrar original marriage license certificates, including applications and licenses, in accordance with Act No. 128...
• Section 333.2864 Report Of Divorce Proceedings; Filing; Forms; Specifying Number Of Divorces Granted; Report By Party Petitioning For Divorce; Signing And Filing Report; Incorporating Divorce Reports In System Of Vital Statistics.
  (1) Before the fifth day of each calendar month the clerk of a circuit court shall file with the state registrar a report of...
• Section 333.2867 Information Necessary To Complete Birth, Death, Marriage, Or Divorce Registration; Furnishing On Demand; Attesting Accuracy Of Personal Data Regarding Live Birth Registration.
  (1) Upon the demand of the state registrar, local registrar, or other person responsible for the filing of vital records, a person who has...
• Section 333.2871 Amendment Of Certificate Or Record; Procedures; Requirements; Rules.
  (1) A certificate or record registered under this part may be amended only in accordance with this part or procedures adopted under section 2896....
• Section 333.2872 Acknowledgement Of Paternity; Creating New Certificate Of Birth; Changing Surname Of Child; Sealing Original Certificate; Addendum To Certificate Of Live Birth; Creating New Live Birth Certificate And Sealing Original.
  (1) Upon written request and receipt of an acknowledgment of paternity from the probate court of a child born out of wedlock, the state...
• Section 333.2873 Conditions Precluding Amendment Of Vital Record; Reason For Refusal; Appeal; Reporting Amendment; Preservation Of Original Information.
  (1) If an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by the department for amending a vital record or if the state registrar...
• Section 333.2876 Preservation Of Vital Records And Vital Statistics; Procedures.
  The department shall provide by electronic or other means or by reproduction pursuant to the records media act for the preservation of vital records...
• Section 333.2881 Procedures Applicable To System Of Vital Statistics; Request And Fee For Verification Of Facts; Request And Fee For Name And Location Of Court Which Finalized Adoption.
  (1) The procedures established by the department pursuant to part 26 to protect the confidentiality of records and to regulate the disclosure of data...
• Section 333.2882 Issuance Of Certain Certified Copies; Request; Fee; Request Of Adopted Adult Or Confidential Intermediary; Phrase To Be Marked On Certificate Provided Under Subsection (2) Or (3).
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 2890, upon written request and payment of the prescribed fee, the state registrar or local registrar shall...
• Section 333.2882a Heirloom Birth Certificate; Issuance; Administration; Fee; Design; Seal; Signature Of Governor; Marketing And Promotion; Certificate Not Official Record; Section To Be Referred To As "Pam Posthumus Law."
  (1) In addition to the birth record copies and certificates issued under section 2882 and subject to the limitations of section 2882(1)(a) and (b),...
• Section 333.2883 Furnishing Copies Or Data From System Of Vital Statistics; Requirements; Availability Of Copies Of Certificates Or Reports.
  (1) The department may furnish copies or data from the system of vital statistics to the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics if...
• Section 333.2884 Transmitting Transcripts Of Records And Other Reports To Offices Of Vital Statistics Outside State; Agreement; Return Of Transcripts; Transcripts Received From Other Jurisdictions.
  The state registrar, by agreement, may transmit transcripts of records and other reports required by this part to offices of vital statistics outside this...
• Section 333.2885 Transmission Of Vital Records To Library Of Michigan.
  (1) The state registrar may transmit on microfilm or microfiche or by other electronic means copies of the following vital record certificates or reports...
• Section 333.2886 Certified Copies Considered Same As Original; Prima Facie Evidence.
  A certified copy of a vital record, or any part thereof, or a certificate of registration issued in accordance with sections 2881 and 2882...
• Section 333.2888 Inspection Of Vital Records, Disclosure Of Information, And Issuance Of Copies; Procedures; Appeal To State Registrar.
  (1) To protect the integrity of vital records, to insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper administration of the system...
• Section 333.2889 Tagging Birth Certificate Of Missing Child; Notifying State Police Of Request For Copy Of Certificate; Matching Lein Entry And Certificate; Tagging By Local Registrar; Removal Of Tag.
  (1) Upon notification pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968, being section 28.258 of the Michigan Compiled...
• Section 333.2890 Issuing Birth Certificate, Certificate Of Registration, Or Information By Mail; Marking Phrase “missing Person” On Face Of Document; Telephoning State Registrar Upon Receipt Of Request For Tagged Record; Providing State Registrar With Certain Information; Telephoning State Police; Notice To Law Enforcement Agency.
  (1) If a missing child's birth certificate is tagged pursuant to section 2889, the state registrar and local registrar shall only issue a copy...
• Section 333.2891 Search For Vital Record; Request; Fee; Official Statement If Record Not Located; Verification Of Identity; Fees For Search, Establishment, Or Registration; Furnishing Copies Without Charge; Fees For Creation Of New Vital Records And Corrections Of Vital Records; Additional Fees; Disposition Of Fees; System Of Fees For Local Registrars; Vital Records Fund.
  (1) The state registrar or a local registrar shall, upon receipt of a written request and payment of the prescribed fee, conduct a search...
• Section 333.2892 Vital Records Fund Creation; Duties Of State Treasurer; Disposition Of Fund; Administrator Of Fund; Expenditures; Limitation.
  (1) The vital records fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for...
• Section 333.2894 Prohibited Conduct.
  (1) A person shall not: (a) Wilfully and knowingly refuse to provide vital records information required by this part or the rules promulgated pursuant...
• Section 333.2895 Inspection Or Copying Of Information Contained In System Of Vital Statistics.
  The state registrar or a local registrar or an agent or employee of the state or local registrar shall not disclose or permit the...
• Section 333.2896 Rules; Minimum Requirements.
  The department may promulgate rules necessary or appropriate to implement this part. The rules shall include, at a minimum, procedures relating to filings; form...
• Section 333.2898 Violation; Penalty.
  A person who violates section 2894 or 2895 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a...
• Section 333.2899 Reporting Violation; Statement; Initiation Of Proceedings.
  The state registrar may report a violation of this part or the rules promulgated pursuant to this part to the attorney general. A statement...

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