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Oregon Birth Certificate Policy
OREGON REVISED STATUTES
*** THIS DOCUMENT IS CURRENT THROUGH ALL 1999 LEGISLATION ***
*** LEGISLATURE NOT IN SESSION IN 2000 ***
TITLE 36. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 432. VITAL STATISTICS
RECORDS OF BIRTHS; CERTIFICATION OF UNRECORDED BIRTHS; VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF PATERNITY
ORS @ 432.235 (1999)
432.235. Amendment of certificate or report.
(1) A certificate or report registered under this chapter may be amended
only in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted by the State Registrar of
the Center for Health Statistics to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital
records and vital reports.
(2) A certificate or report that is amended under this section shall
indicate that it has been amended, except as otherwise provided in ORS 432.230, this
section or by rule of the state registrar. A record shall be maintained that
identifies the evidence upon which the amendment was based, the date of the
amendment and the identity of the person making the amendment. The state
registrar shall prescribe by rule the conditions under which additions or
minor corrections may be made to certificates or records within one year without
the certificate or record indicating that it has been amended.
(3) Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction changing the name of a person born in this state and upon
request of such person or if the person is a minor or incompetent, the parents,
guardian or legal representative of the person, the state registrar shall amend the
certificate of birth to show the new name.
(4) Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction indicating that the sex of an individual born in this state has
been changed by surgical procedure and whether such individual's name has
been changed, the certificate of birth of such individual shall be amended as
prescribed by rule of the state registrar.
(5) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required
by rule of the state registrar for amending a vital record or when the state
registrar has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's
sworn statements or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are
not corrected, the state registrar shall not amend the vital record and shall
advise the applicant of the reason for this action and shall further advise the
applicant of the right of appeal under ORS 183.480 and 183.484.
(6) When a certificate or report is amended under this section by the
state registrar, the state registrar shall report the amendment to any other
custodian of the vital record and the record of the other custodian shall be amended
accordingly.
(7) When an amendment is made to a certificate of marriage by the local
official issuing the marriage license, copies of the amendment shall be
forwarded to the state registrar.
(8)(a) When a party or legal representative proposes to set aside or
change any information recorded in a dissolution of marriage decree filed pursuant
to ORS 432.408, the party or legal representative seeking the amendment or set
aside order shall prepare a summary of the changes in the form prescribed or
furnished by the state registrar and shall present the form to the clerk of
the court along with the proposed amended decree or set aside order. In all
cases the completed form shall be a prerequisite to the entry of the amended
decree or set aside order.
(b) The clerk of the court shall complete and forward to the Center for
Health Statistics the records of each such amended decree or set aside order
in the same manner prescribed by ORS 432.408.
