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Hawaii Department of Health

Hawaii Department of Health

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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

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : In House

EDRS-System Name : NIC Hawaii (Tyler Technologies)

Fees-Birth Certificates : $10.00 + $2.50 for every 5 records

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $3.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $3.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $10.00 + $2.50 for every 5 records

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : Receords prior to 2003; $10.00

Fees-Additional Divorce Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $3.00

Fees-Amending Medical Items : Usually no charge

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 17027

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 11540

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 717

General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 2121

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 21690

General Questions-Other Vital Events Volume : Civil Unions - 30

General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 1

General Questions-Coroners Amount : 3

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 0

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : Original paper copy only issued uncertified

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Computer generated. Child's and parent's names; sex of child; date and time; city, island and county; parent's race and place of birth; date filed; amendments if any

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Original paper copy only issued uncertified

Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : No

Sex Designation-Notes : ​Hawaii does not have explicitly codified sex/gender choices in statute and rule.
Governing statute requires it aligns with best practices with the approval of the Director of Health: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0011.htm
§338-11 Form of certificates. The forms of certificates shall include as a minimum the items required by the respective standard certificates as recommended by the Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, subject to approval of and modification by the department of health. In addition, the forms of death certificates shall require the individual's social security number. The form and use of the certificates shall be subject to sections 338-16 to 338-18. [L 1949, c 327, §15; RL 1955, §57-14; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-11; am L 1997, c 293, §17]
On a practical level, it is Male, Female or Undetermined/Unknown (for newborn and Fetal Deaths who has unidentifiable genitals, or genital defects such that they require further testing; which we make the record unprintable until determination, query gets triggered at registration, usually notes by Hospital that test results would be forthcoming). Post-operative transgendered persons may supplant their original birth record and have it sealed when documentary evidence is satisfied.

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