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Puerto Rico Department of Health

Puerto Rico Department of Health

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Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : No

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 : STEVE

EBRS-Vendor : None

EBRS-System Name : RegDem - Paper Birth Certificate registrations (no EBRS implemented)

EBRS-Year Updated : Last update Oct-2016 (Zika)

EBRS-Next Update Scheduled : December 2026

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-Natural Language Processing : Spanish

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-Homelessness : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : Axiell

EDRS-System Name : VITA

EDRS-Year Updated : 2021

EDRS-Next Update Scheduled : None

EDRS-Spell Check : No

EDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EDRS-API Capability : No

EDRS-Homelessness : No

EDRS-VIEWS : no

EDRS-Mass Fatality Incident : No

EFDRS-Vendor : Homegrown

EFDRS-System Name : RegDem. Homegrown system to record paper Fetal Death Certificates.

EFDRS-Year Updated : Jan-16

EFDRS-Next Update Scheduled : N/A

EFDRS-Spell Check : No

EFDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EFDRS-Geocoding Software/Vendor (if applicable) : No

EFDRS-API Capability : No

Fees-Birth Certificates : $5.00 first copy

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $10.00 second and third copy (max 3 certificates per calendar year)

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $20.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $20.00 (during the first year)

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Divorce Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $25.00 (during the first six months), other prices depending on the amendment type.

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 18149

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 33100

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 208

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 11961

General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 6215

General Questions-Other Vital Events Volume : n/a

General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 6

General Questions-Coroners Amount : 0

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : n/a

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 : No

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Certificate number; name of registrant; birth date; registration date, birth place, sex, mother's name, mother's birth place, father's name, father's birth place, date issued

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : None at the moment

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Literal - original paper certificate copy

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : None at the moment

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 : Administrative Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Administrative Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Yes, proof of surgery (by written policy/practice of agency), no surgery, but “appropriate” medical intervention required, judge or policy official determines

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : No

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-System Name : Beast

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Vendor : not available

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Latest Update : 2024

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Next Scheduled Update : unknown

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Connected with EDRS or EFDRS : Currently not. Future plans, yes.

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