Effective 28 Aug 2014

193.075. Certificates and reports, form, format, contents. — 1. The forms of certificates and reports required by sections 193.005 to 193.325 or by regulations adopted hereunder shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.

2. Each certificate, report, and other document required by sections 193.005 to 193.325 shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the state registrar.

3. All vital records shall contain the date received for registration.

4. Information required in certificates or reports authorized by sections 193.005 to 193.325 may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the state registrar.

5. In addition to other personal data required by the registrar to be entered on a birth certificate, each parent shall furnish to the registrar the Social Security account number, or numbers if applicable, issued to the parent unless the registrar finds good cause for not requiring the furnishing of such number or numbers. Good cause shall be determined in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The registrar shall make numbers furnished under this section available to the family support division of the department of social services. Such numbers shall not be recorded on the birth certificate. The family support division shall not use any Social Security number furnished under the section for any purpose other than for the establishment and enforcement of child support obligations, and the confidentiality provisions and penalties contained in section 454.440 shall apply. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department of health and senior services from using Social Security numbers for statistical purposes.

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(L. 1984 S.B. 574, A.L. 1990 S.B. 834, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)