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New Jersey Department of Health

New Jersey Department of Health

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Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Mother/Father, 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 : SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, STEVE

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : RSE >=23% and/or n<20

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : RSE >=23% and/or n<20

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : RSE >=23% and/or n<20

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : Genesis

Fees-Birth Certificates : $25.00

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $2.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $0.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $25.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $2.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $0.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $25.00

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $2.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : N/A

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $25.00

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $2.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $0.00

Fees-Amending Medical Items : $0.00

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 100000

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 70000

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 700

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 50000

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 565 Muncipalities, each with 1 local Registrar and 1 Deputy. They can have up to 2 Alternate Deputies and as many subregistrars as needs. There is a total of approximately 1,500 in all levels of the title.

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 : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : Birth records become available for genealogical research after 80 years if the individual is deceased.

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : Become available after 40 years.

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Other

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Demographic

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : All fields

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : All Fields

Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 5 days

Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 24 hours

Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 10 days

Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 3 days

Operations Questions-Notes : Adult adoptees are able to get a non-certified copy of their original preadoption birth certificate upon application and validation.

Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, Unknown, X

Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : Yes, same as sex

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

Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Through a request on program issued form.

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Court Ordered Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : Went into effect 2/1/19

Sex Designation-Notes : ​New Jersey only allows for Male or Female at the time of birth.
Sex can be amended afterwards to show undesignated/non-binary through the amendment process.

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