Nevada § 440.280 - Duty of registering birth: Persons required to file; time for filing; required information

§ 440.280. Duty of registering birth: Persons required to file; time for filing; required information

1. If a birth occurs in a hospital or the person giving birth and child are immediately

transported to a hospital, the person in charge of the hospital or his or her designated

representative shall obtain the necessary information, prepare a birth certificate,

secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it within 10 days with

the health officer of the registration district where the birth occurred. The physician in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the

certificate and certify to the fact of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If the physician does not certify to the fact of birth within the required 72 hours,

the person in charge of the hospital or the designated representative shall complete

and sign the certification. 2. If a birth occurs outside a hospital and the person giving birth and child are

not immediately transported to a hospital, the birth certificate must be prepared

and filed by one of the following persons in the following order of priority: (a) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth. (b) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth. (c) The person giving birth or other parent or, if the other parent is absent and

the person giving birth is incapacitated, the person in charge of the premises where

the birth occurred. 3. If a birth occurs in a moving conveyance, the place of birth is the place where

the child is removed from the conveyance. 4. In cities, the certificate of birth must be filed sooner than 10 days after the

birth if so required by municipal ordinance or regulation. 5. If the person giving birth was: (a) Married at the time of birth, the name of the spouse of that person must be entered

on the certificate as the other parent of the child unless: (1) A court has issued an order establishing that a person other than the spouse of

the person giving birth is the other parent of the child; or (2) The person giving birth and a person other than the spouse of the person giving

birth have signed a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed

by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board

pursuant to NRS 440.285 . (b) Widowed at the time of birth but married at the time of conception, the name of

the spouse of the person giving birth at the time of conception must be entered on

the certificate as the other parent of the child unless: (1) A court has issued an order establishing that a person other than the spouse of

the person giving birth at the time of conception is the other parent of the child;

or (2) The person giving birth and a person other than the spouse of the person giving

birth at the time of conception have signed a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment

of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board

pursuant to NRS 440.285 . 6. If the person giving birth was unmarried at the time of birth, the name of the

other parent may be entered on the original certificate of birth only if: (a) The provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection 5 are applicable; (b) A court has issued an order establishing that the person is the other parent of

the child; or (c) The parents of the child have signed a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment

of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283 or a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board

pursuant to NRS 440.285 . If both parents execute a declaration consenting to the use of the surname of one

parent as the surname of the child, the name of that parent must be entered on the

original certificate of birth and the surname of that parent must be entered thereon

as the surname of the child. 7. An order entered or a declaration executed pursuant to subsection 6 must be submitted

to the local health officer, the local health officer's authorized representative,

or the attending physician or midwife before a proper certificate of birth is forwarded

to the State Registrar. The order or declaration must then be delivered to the State Registrar for filing. The State Registrar's file of orders and declarations must be sealed and the contents

of the file may be examined only upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or

at the request of either parent or the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services

of the Department of Health and Human Services as necessary to carry out the provisions

of 42 U.S.C. § 654a . The local health officer shall complete the original certificate of birth in accordance

with subsection 6 and other provisions of this chapter. 8. As used in this section, “court” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 125B.004 .