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Indiana Department of Health

Indiana Department of Health

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Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Parent/Parent

Birth Record Parentage-Two or More Parent Certificates : No

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : No

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 : No

Data Use-How Do You Share : Secure Email, Secure Network Folder, Email, System Exports, STEVE, PDF or Excel

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : suppress counts less than 5 at county level or lower

EBRS-Vendor : VitalIQ

EBRS-System Name : Database Registration of Vital Events (DRIVE)

EBRS-Year Updated : 2024

EBRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2024

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : VitalChek

EDRS-System Name : Database Registration of Vital Events (DRIVE)

EDRS-Year Updated : 2024

EDRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2024

EDRS-Spell Check : Yes

EFDRS-Vendor : VitalChek

EFDRS-System Name : Database Registration of Vital Events (DRIVE)

EFDRS-Year Updated : 2024

EFDRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2024

EFDRS-Spell Check : Yes

Fees-Birth Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $8.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $8.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $4.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $0.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $8.00

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $8.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : N/A

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : NA

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : NA

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : N/A

Fees-Amending Medical Items : N/A

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 82146

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 66226

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 500

General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 8037

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 43863

General Questions-Other Vital Events Volume : N/A

General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 0

General Questions-Coroners Amount : 92

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 95

General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Register vital events, Issue certified copies of vital events, Amend/Correct vital event records

General Questions-Notes : We have state confidentiality laws that apply to vital records. It is a hybrid entity. Some of our program areas are covered entities and some are not.

Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : No

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Open

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Child’s Full Name including Suffix, Child’s Sex, Child’s City of Birth, Child’s Birth Date, Child of (Parents Full Name), Parent %231 Place of Birth, Parent %232 Place of Birth, Record File Date, State Certificate number

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : Child’s Full Name including Suffix, Child’s Sex, Child’s Time of birth, Child’s Birth Date, Child’s Place of Birth (Indiana), Child’s City or location of Birth, Child’s County of Birth, Zip code of Place/Location, Facility of Birth, Date of Certification, Certifier’s Name and Title, Attendant’s name and Title, Attendant’s Full Address, Date Filed by Health Officer, Parent %231 Full Legal Name, Parent %231 Name before marriage, Parent %231 Date of Birth, Parent %231 Age , Parent %231 State of Residence, Parent %231 County of Residence , Parent %231 City of Residence, Parent %231 Place of Birth, Parent %231 Full Address of Residence, Parent %231 mailing Address, If different, Parent %231 (Inside City limits?), REPEAT FOR PARENT %232

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : N/A

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Decedent’s Full Name including Suffix, Decedent’s Maiden Name, if applicable, Decedent’s Sex, Decedent’s Time of birth, Decedent’s Death Date, Decedent’s SSN, Decedent’s Age in years, months, days, hours, minutes, Decedent’s Date of Birth, Decedent’s Place of Birth, U.S. Armed Forces?, Decedent’s Hospital of Death, if Applicable, Decedent’s Facility of Death, if Applicable, Facility Name and Full Address, Decedent’s City, State and Zip code of Death, Decedent’s Marital Status, Decedent’s Surviving Spouse Full Name, Surviving Spouse last name before marriage, Decedent’s Usual Occupation, Kind of Business for occupation, Decedent’s Full Address, Inside City Limits?, Decedent’s Education, Decedent of Hispanic origin?, Decedent’s Race, Decedent’s Parent %231 Full Legal Name, Decedent’s Parents %231 last name before marriage, Decedent’s Parent %232 Full Legal Name, Decedent’s Parents %232 last name before marriage, Informant’ Full Name, Informants Relationship to Decedent, Informant’s Full Address, Method of Disposition, Place of Disposition, City, State Zip of Disposition, Was coroner contacted?, Name and Full Address of Funeral Facility, Funeral Home License Number, Signature of Indiana Funeral Service Licensee, License Number of Licensee, Cause of Death Section, Significant Conditions Contributing to Death, Autopsy performed?, Autopsy findings available to complete cause of death?, Tobacco Use contribute to death?, Female Pregnancy options, Manner of Death, Date of Injury, Time of Injury, Place of Injury, Injury at Work?, Location of Injury; City, State, Full Address, Describe how injury occurred, Specify Transportation injury, Certifier’s Signature, Certifier’s Title, Certifier’s Name and Full Address, Certifier’s License Number, Date Certified, Addtl Funeral Service Provider, Signature of Health Officer, State File Date, Amendment Section

Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 5 calendar days

Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 10 calendar days

Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : n/a

Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : n/a

Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, Not Yet Determined

Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : Female, Male, NYD, UKN, Non Bin

Sex Designation-Sex on death record : Male, Female, Unknown, Undetermined

Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Both by court order and administratively by use of a state-issued form.

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Both by court order and administrative amendment if there is sufficient documentary evidence to do so.

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Yes, no surgery, but “appropriate” medical intervention required

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : No

Sex Designation-Notes :

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