Pennsylvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Additional Info
Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Parent, Mother, or Father
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 : Yes
Data Use-How Do You Share : SFTP/FTP, STEVE, Secure Network Folder
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : COMMENT: We are interpreting that this question is related to the public health statistics published for the general public.
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : Record level data is suppressed when it becomes so small that the population could become identifiable.
EBRS-Vendor : GCOM
EBRS-System Name : eVitals
EBRS-Year Updated : 2024
EBRS-Geocoding : No
EBRS-Geocoding Software/Vendor (if applicable) : Precisely
EBRS-API Capability : No
EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No
EDRS-Vendor : VitalChek
Fees-Birth Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Amended Birth Records : $0.00
Fees-Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Amended Death Records : No Change
Fees-Divorce Certificates : N/A
Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $0.00
Fees-Amending Medical Items : $0.00
General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : No
General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : Yes
General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 138725
General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 136079
General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 1207
General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 30326
General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 71024
General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 33412
General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 3
General Questions-Coroners Amount : 64
General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 165
General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Register vital events, Issue certified copies of vital events, For death events only. They also register fetal deaths but do not issue fetal death certificates.
Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : 105 years after the date of birth
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : 50 years after the date of death
Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Standard—Date issued, date filed, state file number, date of birth, time of birth, name, sex, county of birth, all parent's names
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : Expanded—All fields on standard plus city and state (or country) of birth, parent's ages, parent's place of birth (state, territory or country)
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Comprehensive—All fields on expanded plus hospital name, parent's occupation (if recorded), parent's residence, certifier's or attendant's name, and registrar's name
Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Comprehensive—All fields listed
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 : Through a court order or through an affidavit accompanied by a letter from a treating physician.
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Through a court order or through an affidavit submitted by the informant or a correction request submitted by a funeral director or medical certifier.
Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Yes, no surgery, but “appropriate” medical intervention required, For children under 18 years of age, a signed affidavit by all parents registered on the birth record.
Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : No