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Louisiana Office of Public Health

Louisiana Office of Public Health

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Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : No

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Mother/Parent, Father/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 : No

Data Use-Require Agreement for External Partners : No

Data Use-Allowed to Charge for Sharing Data : No

Data Use-How Do You Share : STEVE, SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, System exports, STEVE, Secure FTP in support data formats, and reports in PDF or excel

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : Numbers under 5; rates with denominators under 20

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : Numbers under 5; rates with denominators under 20

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : Numbers under 5; rates with denominators under 20

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : DBSysgraph

EDRS-System Name : LEERS

EDRS-Year Updated : 2021

EDRS-Spell Check : Yes

EDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EDRS-API Capability : No

EDRS-Homelessness : No

EDRS-VIEWS : VIEWS II

EDRS-Mass Fatality Incident : No

Fees-Birth Certificates : $15.00, Birth certificate and birth card - $24.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $18.00, Additional birth certificates at time of amendment - $9.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $7.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $18.00, Additional death certificates at time of amendment - $7.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $5.00 (Orleans Parish Only)

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $7.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $18.00 more than 90 days after filing date

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 59775

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 46259

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 381

General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 8097

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 32729

General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 13093

General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 0

General Questions-Coroners Amount : 64

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 59

General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Issue certified copies of vital events, Register Home Births, only issue certified copies of death records to funeral homes

Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : 100 years; originals are transferred to State Archives

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : 50 years; originals are transferred to State Archives

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Yes: State File Number, Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Place of Birth, Mother's Maiden Name, Fathers Initial(s) File Date, Date Issued

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : Yes: State File Number, Name, Date of Birth, Time of Birth, Plurality, Order, Sex, Place of Birth, Residence of Mother, Mother's Maiden Name, Mother's Age, Mother's Birthplace, Fathers Name, Father's Age, Father's Birthplace, File Date, Date Issued

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Yes: All fields included

Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 15 days calendar days from the date of event

Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 5 day calendar days from the date of event

Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 17 days

Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 18 days from the date of event

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 : Court Ordered Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Administrative Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Yes, judge or policy official determines

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : Collection: http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1017574 Change: http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=98725

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