AB898-ASA1,10
20Section
10. 69.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,6,2421
69.01
(8) “Direction of the state registrar" means the determination in
22individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative
23rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications
24within the system of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,11
25Section
11. 69.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,3
169.01
(10) “File" means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial
2incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital
3statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,12
4Section
12. 69.01 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,65
69.01
(11) “Filing party" means any person who submits a vital record to a local
6registrar for filing in the system of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,13
7Section
13. 69.01 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,98
69.01
(15) (b) The city registrar responsible for filing
certificates of births or
9certificates of births and deaths death records in his or her city.
AB898-ASA1,14
10Section
14. 69.01 (16m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,1411
69.01
(16m) “Medical certification" means those portions of a death
certificate 12record that provide the cause of death, the manner of death, injury-related data, and
13any other medically-related data that is collected as prescribed by the state registrar
14under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) 2.
AB898-ASA1,15
15Section
15. 69.01 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,1716
69.01
(19) “Registrant" means the subject of a
certificate record or declaration
17which a local registrar has accepted for filing in the system of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,16
18Section
16. 69.01 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,2119
69.01
(21) “Registration district" means a county, except that a city approved
20under s. 69.04 is a registration district for filing
certificates of births or certificates
21of births and deaths death records occurring in the city.
AB898-ASA1,17
22Section
17. 69.01 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,7,2423
69.01
(24) “State registrar" means the state registrar of vital
statistics records 24appointed by the department under s. 69.02 (1) (b).
AB898-ASA1,18
25Section
18. 69.01 (25) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1
169.01
(25) (intro.) “System of vital
statistics” records" means:
AB898-ASA1,19
2Section
19. 69.01 (26) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,53
69.01
(26) (a)
Certificates
Records of birth, death, divorce or annulment,
and 4termination of domestic partnership, marriage
documents, and declarations of
5domestic partnership.
AB898-ASA1,20
6Section
20. 69.01 (26) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,87
69.01
(26) (c) Data related to
documents records under par. (a) or worksheets
8under par. (b).
AB898-ASA1,21
9Section
21. 69.01 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1310
69.01
(27) “Vital statistics" means the data derived from
certificates records of
11birth, death, divorce or annulment,
and termination of domestic partnership,
12marriage documents, declarations of domestic partnership, fetal death reports
, or
13related reports.
AB898-ASA1,22
14Section
22. 69.02 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1515
69.02
(1) (a) Establish a unit called the office of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,23
16Section
23. 69.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1717
69.03
(2) Direct the system of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,24
18Section
24. 69.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1919
69.03
(3) Supervise the office of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,25
20Section
25. 69.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,2321
69.03
(4) Act as custodian of all records in the office of vital
statistics records 22and preserve, index and certify the records by photographic, electronic or other
23means, as determined by the state registrar.
AB898-ASA1,26
24Section
26. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,14
169.03
(5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of
2acceptance, and index and preserve original
certificates of birth and death, original 3marriage documents
, original divorce reports, original declarations of domestic
4partnership, and
original certificates of termination of records of birth, death,
5divorce, and domestic partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20
6(3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of
7occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file
8number. Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer the paper
9original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61
10(5) or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and destroy the paper
11original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter,
12the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original
13of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the
14original vital record.
AB898-ASA1,27
15Section
27. 69.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,1716
69.03
(6) Direct any activity related to the operation of the system of vital
17statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,28
18Section
28. 69.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,2019
69.03
(7) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and
20procedures in this state in the system of vital
statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,29
21Section
29. 69.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,2522
69.03
(11) Provide a copy or notice of Make available any vital record or
23court-ordered change of fact prepared by the state registrar under ss. 69.14 (1) (h)
24and (2) (a) and (b) 5., 69.15, 69.16 (2) and 69.19 or any authorization for an
25amendment under ss. 69.11 and 69.12 to the register of deeds of the county where the
1event which is the subject of the vital record, change of fact or amendment occurred
2and, if the event occurred in a city which is a registration district and responsible for
3registering the event, to the city registrar of the city.
AB898-ASA1,30
4Section
30. 69.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,10,115
69.03
(14) Provide hospitals with a pamphlet containing information for
6parents about birth
certificates records including how to add the name of the father
7of a child whose parents were not married at any time from the conception to the birth
8of the child to the birth
certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b) or, if the father will
9not sign an affidavit, through a paternity action; the legal significance and future
10medical advantages to the child of having the father's name inserted on the birth
11certificate record; and the availability of services under s. 49.22.
AB898-ASA1,31
12Section
31. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,10,1613
69.03
(15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1459.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
15who reside in that county for whom no father's name has been inserted on the
16registrant's birth
certificate record within 6 months of birth.
AB898-ASA1,32
17Section
32. 69.04 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,33
18Section
33. 69.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 69.04 (1) (a) and
19amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,10,2520
69.04
(1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district
21for registration of deaths occurring in the city
if the state registrar has approved the
22city for registration of births under subd. 1. and if the state registrar determines that
23the city has staff, office space
, and other resources for the proper administration of
24death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death
25records
, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.
AB898-ASA1,34
1Section
34. 69.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,32
69.04
(2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital
3records except as provided under
pars. (b) and
par. (c).
AB898-ASA1,35
4Section
35. 69.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,36
5Section
36. 69.04 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,86
69.04
(2) (c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved
7by the state registrar for registering death
certificates records, the office of the city
8registrar shall be the place for filing.
AB898-ASA1,37
9Section
37. 69.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,1110
69.04
(3) (a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to
11the state historical society
under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.
AB898-ASA1,38
12Section
38. 69.05 (2), (3) and (3m) of the statutes are repealed.
AB898-ASA1,39
13Section
39. 69.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,1914
69.05
(4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by
15photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that
16a local registrar may destroy
birth certificates
vital records on file for more than 365
17days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the
18state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified
19copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
AB898-ASA1,40
20Section
40. 69.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,2421
69.06
(1) Accept for filing,
electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
22to
every original certificate records of
birth and death which he or she has been
23approved to register under s. 69.04 and which
is
are properly presented in his or her
24office.
AB898-ASA1,41
25Section
41. 69.06 (2), (3) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.
AB898-ASA1,42
1Section
42. 69.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,42
69.07
(1) Accept for filing,
electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
3to
every original vital
record properly records presented in his or her office
under this
4chapter.
AB898-ASA1,43
5Section
43. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,44
6Section
44. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,87
69.08
(1) Is
on a form prepared in the method prescribed
or supplied for the
8record by the state registrar.
AB898-ASA1,45
9Section
45. 69.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,1210
69.08
(2) Is prepared
on a typewriter with unworn black ribbon in the method
11prescribed or
is printed legibly in
black permanent ink applied directly to the
form 12paper.
AB898-ASA1,46
13Section
46. 69.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,1514
69.08
(3) Supplies all items of information required
by the form or gives a
15reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item.
AB898-ASA1,47
16Section
47. 69.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,1917
69.08
(5) Contains
the electronic signatures
which are required
on the form 18and which are or signatures written in
black permanent ink applied directly to the
19form paper.
AB898-ASA1,48
20Section
48. 69.08 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,49
21Section
49. 69.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,2222
69.08
(7) Contains the dated
electronic signature of the local registrar.
AB898-ASA1,50
23Section
50. 69.10 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
24renumbered 69.10 (1) and amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,3
169.10
(1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject
2of a vital record
: (b) The, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error
3in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent.
AB898-ASA1,51
4Section
51. 69.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,52
5Section
52. 69.11 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,96
69.11
(3) (b) 1. Name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parents' surnames and
7marital status of parents, if the vital record is a birth
certificate record and if the
8amendment is accompanied by a statement which the filing party has submitted to
9support the amendment.
AB898-ASA1,53
10Section
53. 69.11 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,1311
69.11
(3) (b) 2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death
certificate record 12and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement that the person who signed the
13medical certification has submitted to support the amendment.
AB898-ASA1,54
14Section
54. 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,1715
69.11
(3) (c) (intro.) The following,
on a form supplied prepared in the method
16prescribed by the state registrar, may request the state registrar to act under this
17subsection:
AB898-ASA1,55
18Section
55. 69.11 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,14,219
69.11
(3) (e) 1. If the state registrar determines that a vital record should be
20amended under this subsection, he or she shall send a notice of the need for an
21amendment to the filing party, the certifier of the cause of death or the county clerk
22responsible for the vital record or to the local registrar who filed the record. If the
23local registrar receives the notice, he or she shall obtain the correct information from
24the filing party, certifier of the cause of death or county clerk responsible for the vital
25record
, change the information on his or her copy of the vital record and send a copy
1of the changed record to the state registrar and provide the correct information to the
2state registrar in the manner prescribed.
AB898-ASA1,56
3Section
56. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,14,174
69.11
(4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth
certificate record 5that affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's
6name, or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
7of the event that is the subject of the birth
certificate record, if the amendment is at
8the request of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is
on a
9request form supplied in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and if the
10amendment is accompanied by 2 items of documentary evidence from early childhood
11that are sufficient to prove that the item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit
12of the person requesting the amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth
13certificate record may be made under this paragraph only if the marital status is
14inconsistent with information concerning the father or husband that appears on the
15birth
certificate record. This paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a
16birth
certificate record the name of a parent, to change the identity of a parent named
17on the birth
certificate record, or to effect a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
AB898-ASA1,57
18Section
57. 69.11 (5) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,58
19Section
58. 69.11 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: