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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 25. HEALTH SERVICES |
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PART 1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES |
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CHAPTER 181. VITAL STATISTICS |
| SUBCHAPTER A. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
| § 181.1. Definitions |
| § 181.2. Assuming Custody of Body |
| § 181.3. Transportation of Dead Bodies |
| § 181.4. Preservation of Bodies |
| § 181.5. Embalming and Standards of the Funeral Industry |
| § 181.6. Disinterment |
| § 181.7. Fetal Death (Stillbirth) |
| § 181.8. Supplemental Birth Certificates |
| § 181.9. Access to Paternity Files |
| § 181.10. Availability of Birth Records to Ensure Confidentiality of Adoption Placement |
| § 181.11. Requests for Personal Data |
| § 181.13. Birth Certificate Form and Content |
| § 181.14. Death and Fetal Death Certificate Form and Content |
| SUBCHAPTER B. VITAL RECORDS |
| § 181.21. Refusal To Issue Certified Copies of Records of Birth, Death, or Fetal Death |
| § 181.22. Fees Charged for Vital Records Services |
| § 181.23. Indexes for Vital Records |
| § 181.24. Abused, Misused, or Flagged Records |
| § 181.25. Application for Marriage License and Affidavit of Correction to Marriage License |
| § 181.26. Filing of Birth Certificates for Infants Born Outside of a Licensed Institution |
| § 181.27. Memorandum of Understanding with the Texas Funeral Service Commission |
| § 181.28. Instructions and Requirements for Issuance of Certified Copies of Vital Records by the State Registrar, Local Registrar, or County Clerk |
| § 181.29. Foreign Adoptions |
| § 181.30. Instructions and Requirements for Filing of Amendments to Medical Certification of Certificate of Death with a Local Registrar |
| § 181.31. Minimum Requirements for Adoption Reporting |
| § 181.32. Maintenance of Out-of-Business Child-Placing Agency Records and Health, Social, Educational and Genetic History Reports |
| § 181.33. Instructions and Requirements for Registering a Certificate of Death by Catastrophe |
| § 181.34. Instructions and Requirements for Reporting Assisted Reproduction Procedures Performed by a Health Care Facility Under a Gestational Agreement |
| § 181.35. Parental Consent of Underage Applicants to Marriage |
| SUBCHAPTER C. CENTRAL ADOPTION REGISTRY |
| § 181.41. Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registries |
| § 181.42. Adoption Information by the Courts or Child-Placing Agencies |
| § 181.43. Requirement to Send Information to the Central Adoption Registry and the Coordination of the Release of Identifying Information with an Authorized Registry |
| § 181.44. Inquiry through the Central Index |
| § 181.45. Registration in the Voluntary Adoption Registry System |
| § 181.46. Notification of a Match and Requirements for Release of Information by Participating Voluntary Adoption Registries |
| § 181.47. Confidentiality and Release of Information by All Voluntary Adoption Registries |
| SUBCHAPTER D. BIRTH REGISTRATION CERTIFICATION |
| § 181.50. Scope |
| § 181.51. Definitions |
| § 181.52. Certification Requirements and Procedures |
| § 181.53. Continuing Education |
| § 181.54. Application for Birth Registrar Certification/Re-Certification |
| SUBCHAPTER E. DELAYED REGISTRATION |
| § 181.60. Delayed Certification of Birth |
| § 181.61. Who May Request the Registration of a Delayed Certificate of Birth |
| § 181.62. Documentary Evidence; Requirements and Acceptability |
| § 181.63. Abstraction of Documentary Evidence |
| § 181.64. Verification by the State Registrar |
| § 181.65. Dismissal After One Year |