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...ginal birth record shall cease to be a public record. The index references to the original birth record, including references that were not a public record under this section as it existed prior to the effective date of this amendment, are a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The department shall place the original birth record and the items sent by the probate court pursuant to section 31...

...contents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available only in accordance with section 3705.126 of the Revised Code. Index references to the original birth record, including references that were not a public record under section 3705.12 of the Revised Code as that section existed before September 18, 1996, are a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...ontents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available only in accordance with section 3705.126 of the Revised Code.

...ontents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available only in accordance with section 3705.126 of the Revised Code.

...ever is applicable, shall cease to be a public record. The department shall maintain the birth record that ceased to be a public record and papers and documents that pertain to it or to the adoption of the applicant in an adoption file. The contents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available only in accordance with section 3705.126 of the Revised Code. The department promptly sha...

...A new birth record or foreign birth record, and any certified or exact copy of the new birth record or foreign birth record, when properly authenticated by a duly authorized person, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts stated in the new birth record or foreign birth record.

...The department of health shall neither open an adoption file nor make its contents available except as follows: (A) The department shall inspect the file to determine the court involved for the purpose of division (D) of section 3107.09 or section 3107.091 or 3107.171 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall make the file's contents available to an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person...

...When a legal change of name of a person whose birth occurred in this state has been granted by a court, the office of vital statistics shall receive and file a certified copy of the court order legally changing the name. The court order shall be cross-referenced with the original birth record and the office of vital statistics shall issue a certification of birth containing the new name. Such certification shall disc...

...When a living child's birth is recorded without a given name, a supplemental report of such given name may be completed and presented within one year after the birth to the local registrar in the registration district where the birth occurred or to the office of vital statistics.

... filing date. The court may require one publication of notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. The application shall be supported by the affidavit of the physician or certified nurse-midwife in attendance. If an affidavit is not available, the application shall be supported by the affidavits of at least two persons having kn...

...ber obtained under this section is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...ch record shall at all times be open to public inspection.

...When a death occurs outside the state and the body is transported into this state for burial or other disposition, the body must be accompanied by an authorization for final disposition issued in accordance with the laws and health regulations of the place where death occurred. The authorization that accompanied the body shall be accepted as authorization for burial, cremation, or other disposal in Ohio. The person i...

...(A) If the deceased served in the armed forces of the United States, the death certificate shall include a statement of the branch of service in which he served, the date of entry into service, the date and type of discharge from such service, and information to show the name and location of the place where the deceased was buried or cremated, date of burial or cremation, and the location, lot, and grave number...

...(A) The fetal death of the product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation shall be registered on a fetal death certificate. On application of the funeral director or either parent, the fetal death of the product of human conception prior to twenty weeks of gestation shall be registered on a fetal death certificate, except that the fetal death certificate shall not list the cause of death. The ...

...All marriages taking place within the state, all divorces, dissolutions, and annulments of marriages decreed by a court of this state, and all corrections of certificates of marriage shall be registered with the office of vital statistics of the department of health. On or before the tenth day of each month, the probate judge of each county shall forward to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the dir...

...Whenever it is alleged that the facts stated in any birth, fetal death, or death record filed in the department of health are not true, the director may require satisfactory evidence to be presented in the form of affidavits, amended records, or certificates to establish the alleged facts. When established, the original record or certificate shall be supplemented by the affidavit or the amended certificate or record ...

..., compiling, editing, disseminating, or publishing news; (i) The executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, or an attorney representing the executor or administrator; (j) An agent, as defined in section 1337.22 of the Revised Code, of the decedent, when the decedent had been the principal under a power of attorney created pursuant to sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code; (k) The adult, or any a...

...A local registrar shall allow an individual to photograph or otherwise copy a birth or death record.

...unt collected shall be used to support public health systems. Of each four dollars collected, one dollar shall be used by the director of health to pay subsidies to boards of health. The subsidies shall be distributed in accordance with the same formula established under section 3701.342 of the Revised Code for the distribution of state health district subsidy funds to boards of health and local health departm...

...Not later than ninety days after June 30, 1996, the director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the fee for providing a copy of the contents of an adoption file pursuant to sections 3107.38 and 3107.47 of the Revised Code. The director shall deposit fees collected under this section in the adoption records fund, which is hereby created in the state tre...

...ction, shall send to the department of public safety a penalty equal to ten per cent of the fees. The department of public safety shall forward all collected late fees to the treasurer of state for deposit into the family violence prevention fund in accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state under section 113.08 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in the fund. All e...

...A local registrar of vital statistics, deputy registrar, or sub-registrar who fails to discharge official duties shall, on a recommendation of the health commissioner, forthwith be removed from office by the board of health of the health district that constitutes the primary registration district or, in the case of a local registrar serving a combined primary registration district, by the joint action of the boards o...

...Any person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish such information as he may possess regarding any birth, fetal death, or death upon demand of the state registrar.

...The director of health may match birth records and death records in accordance with written standards which he shall promulgate in order to protect the integrity of vital records and prevent the fraudulent use of birth records of deceased persons, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fact of death, and to post the facts of death to the appropriate birth record. Copies made of birth records marked "deceased" shall ...