Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 17 - DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
Section 28-17-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-17-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

(a) "Birth certificate" means a standard certificate of live birth, a delayed certificate of birth, or a foreign-born certificate.

(b) "Certification" means the action or process that attests to the authenticity of a copy or abstract of any record or certificate pertaining to any birth, adoption, legitimation, death, stillbirth, marriage, divorce, or annulment of marriage within the state of Kansas.

(c) "Delayed certificate of birth" means documentation filed six or more months after a live birth in Kansas that substantiates the birth.

(d) "Foreign-born certificate" means documentation substantiating the birth of either of the following:

(1) An individual who meets the following conditions:
(A) The individual was born outside the United States or trust territories of the United States;

(B) neither parent of the individual was a citizen of the United States; and

(C) the individual was adopted by a Kansas resident or through a Kansas court; or

(2) an individual who was born outside the United States or trust territories of the United States, whose birth has not been registered as that of a United States citizen, and who was adopted by a Kansas resident or through a Kansas court.

(e) "Heirloom certificate" means a personalized keepsake certificate.

(f) "Medical data" means data or information that describes medical and anatomical conditions or characteristics of an individual, or both.

(g) "Personal data" means nonmedical data or information that describes the legal identity or attributes of an individual.

(h) "Registrant" means the individual named on a vital record for whom the vital record was established.

(i) "Registration," as used in the definition of "vital statistics" in K.S.A. 65-2401 and amendments thereto and in these regulations, means the process of filing an original record or certificate.

(j) "Secretary" has the meaning specified in K.S.A. 65-2401, and amendments thereto.

(k) "Standard certificate of live birth" means documentation substantiating a live birth within the state of Kansas that is filed with the state registrar within six months of the date of birth as specified in K.S.A. 65-2409, and amendments thereto.

(l) "Verification" means a search of files and records maintained by the state registrar that authenticates the information on specified vital records.

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