Additional Info

Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Parent/Parent

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : Other (please specify)​ 

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 : In most cases, cells of 1-4 are suppressed, along with other cells that would make calculating a small cell possible. However, small numbers are allowed in some instances for statewide data that is not cross-tabbed (e.g., two sets of quadruplets).

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : ManTech

EDRS-System Name : VitalChek

EDRS-Notes : ManTech and MA utilize the VitalChek Death Registration module of the DAVE Vital Events system

Fees-Birth Certificates : $20 in person, $32 by mail, $42 by expedited mail, $51 online/telephone (first copy), $59.50 expedited online/telephone (first copy) + various shipping options

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : Online/telephone - $42 for additional copies, expedited online/telephone $50.50 for additional copies; otherwise same price for every copy in person or by mail.

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $50.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $20.00, See birth section for mail, online/telephone and expedited fees.

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $20.00, See birth section for mail, online/telephone and expedited fees.

Fees-Amended Death Records : $50.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $20.00, See birth section for mail, online/telephone and expedited fees.

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $20.00, See birth section for mail, online/telephone and expedited fees.

Fees-Divorce Certificates : N/A

Fees-Additional Divorce Certificates : N/A

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : No charge

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : No charge

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $50.00

Fees-Amending Medical Items : $50.00

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : No

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 71427

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 58844

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 317

General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 18285

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 42000

General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 18000

General Questions-Coroners Amount : 0

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 351

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

Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Other

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : Restricted records are open after 90 years.

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Open

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Other

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : Registered number, state file number, child name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, plurality, time of birth, parent(s') current name, surname at birth or adoption, parent birthplace city/state or country, residence city/state or country, date of record, date issued.

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Certified photocopy style (all fields). If electronic, printed from system; if paper, manually photocopied.

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : All fields

Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 10 calendar days for hospital and physician-attended births, 30 days for home births without an attending physician

Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : The timeframe for medical certifiers is 'immediately' and the timeframe for funeral homes is to obtain that certification 'forthwith.' Initial filing is with the City/Town Clerk, for which a timeframe is not statutorily defined, but the City/Town Clerk t

Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 3

Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 5

Operations Questions-Notes : Most birth records are open, but approximately 30 percent are closed.

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

Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : No

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

Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Administrative Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : If the evidence is sufficient, and administrative amendment can be made; however, if there is a dispute, a court order may be necessary.

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Yes, no surgery, but “appropriate” medical intervention required, The requirements are 1) an affidavit executed by the person to whom the record relates or by the parent or guardian if such person is a minor indicating the individual's sex; 2) a physician's notarized statement that the person has completed medical intervention, appropriate for that individual, for the purpose of permanent sex reassignment; and 3) a certified copy of the legal change of name if the individual is seeking to change name.

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter46/Section13