Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Additional Info
Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Mother/Father, Parent/Parent
Birth Record Parentage-Two or More Parent Certificates : Yes, through court order
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : Yes, through court order
Data Use-Require Agreement for Partners Within Health Department : Yes
Data Use-Require Agreement for External Partners : Yes
Data Use-Allowed to Charge for Sharing Data : Yes
Data Use-How Do You Share : SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, Secure Email, Email, STEVE, PDF or Excel, System Exports
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : None
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : Cells based on one or two events must be suppressed; if row or column totals allow for discerning counts of one or two by subtraction, suppression will increase as needed.
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : N/A
EBRS-Vendor : Genesis Systems, Inc.
EBRS-System Name : Colorado Vital Events System (COVES)
EBRS-Year Updated : 2024
EBRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2028
EBRS-Geocoding : No
EBRS-Natural Language Processing : No
EBRS-API Capability : No
EBRS-Homelessness : No
EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No
EDRS-Vendor : Genesis
EDRS-System Name : Colorado Vital Events System (COVES)
EDRS-Year Updated : 2024
EDRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2028
EDRS-Spell Check : Yes
EDRS-Natural Language Processing : No
EDRS-API Capability : No
EDRS-Homelessness : No
EDRS-VIEWS : Yes. Version 2.0
EDRS-Mass Fatality Incident : No
EFDRS-Vendor : Genesis
EFDRS-System Name : Colorado Vital Events System (COVES)
EFDRS-Year Updated : Replacing old Access database. New module in development within COVES.
EFDRS-Next Update Scheduled : Go live Jan 2025
EFDRS-Spell Check : Yes
EFDRS-Natural Language Processing : No
EFDRS-API Capability : No
Fees-Birth Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $13.00
Fees-Amended Birth Records : $20.00
Fees-Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $13.00
Fees-Amended Death Records : $20.00
Fees-Marriage Certificates : $17.00
Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $10.00
Fees-Divorce Certificates : $17.00
Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $13.00
Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $20.00
Fees-Amending Medical Items : $0.00
General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Privacy Rules
General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No
General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 62141
General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 45741
General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 436
General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 15026
General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 45598
General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 16410
General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 1
General Questions-Coroners Amount : 62
General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 226
General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Issuance, Home birth registration, Death Drop to Paper processing, Fetal Death registration
General Questions-Local Registrar Chain of Command : Deputy > Local Registrar > State Registrar
Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : Applicants for access to birth records are subject to review and approvals at appropriate levels.
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : Applicants for access to birth records are subject to review and approvals at appropriate levels.
Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Yes
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : No
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Verification
Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Yes
Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : Yes
Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : Yes
Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 10
Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 72 hours Funeral Homes, 72 hours Medical Certifier
Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, X, Not yet determined
Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : No
Sex Designation-Sex on death record : Male, Female, Unknown
Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Administrative Amendment
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Court Ordered Amendment
Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Self-attestation on Sex Designation Form + Pay fee
Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1039
Sex Designation-Notes : Individuals may self-attest the change to their sex designation when submitting a sex designation change form and paying the fee. They may only do it one time as any subsequent requests to change their sex designation will require a court order.
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-System Name : N/A - decentralized, county coroner system
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Vendor : N/A
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Latest Update : N/A
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Next Scheduled Update : N/A
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Connected with EDRS or EFDRS : No