Delaware Department of Health
Delaware Department of Health
Additional Info
Data Use-Require Agreement for Partners Within Health Department : No
Data Use-Require Agreement for External Partners : No
Data Use-Allowed to Charge for Sharing Data : No
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : We also place an asterisk beside rates based on 5-19 deaths due to poor reliability of estimates.
EBRS-Geocoding : No
EBRS-API Capability : No
EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No
EDRS-Vendor : Axiell
Fees-Birth Certificates : $23.00
Fees-Death Certificates : $18.00
Fees-Divorce Certificates : N/A
Fees-Additional Divorce Certificates : n/a
General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Other
General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : Yes
General Questions-Notes : Vital records in our state are not subject to HIPAA, but rather the Vital Records Modernization Act which has similar protections.
Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : Birth - 125 Death - 75
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : Death - 75 years
Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 5 days
Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 5 days
Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 5.7 days
Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 9.9 days
Operations Questions-Lobby Access : Open to Public
Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, Unknown
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 : Yes, no surgery, but “appropriate” medical intervention required