Ohio § 3705.09

§ 3705.09.

(A) A birth certificate for each live birth in this state shall be filed in the registration

district in which it occurs within ten calendar days after such birth and shall be

registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section. (B) When a birth occurs in or en route to an institution, the person in charge of the

institution or a designated representative shall obtain the personal data, prepare

the certificate, and complete and certify the facts of birth on the certificate within

ten calendar days.  The physician or certified nurse-midwife in attendance shall be listed on the birth

record. (C) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the birth certificate shall be prepared

and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of priority: (1) The physician or certified nurse-midwife in attendance at or immediately after the

birth; (2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth; (3) The father; (4) The mother; (5) The person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred. (D) Either of the parents of the child or other informant shall attest to the accuracy

of the personal data entered on the birth certificate in time to permit the filing

of the certificate within the ten days prescribed in this section. (E) When a birth occurs in a moving conveyance within the United States and the child

is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered

in this state and the place where it is first removed shall be considered the place

of birth.  When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters or air

space or in a foreign country or its air space and the child is first removed from

the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state but the

record shall show the actual place of birth insofar as can be determined. (F)(1) If the mother of a child was married at the time of either conception or birth or

between conception and birth, the child shall be registered in the surname designated

by the mother, and the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate as

the father of the child.  The presumption of paternity shall be in accordance with section 3111.03 of the Revised Code . (2) If the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception

and birth, the child shall be registered by the surname designated by the mother.  The name of the father of such child shall also be inserted on the birth certificate

if both the mother and the father sign an acknowledgement of paternity affidavit before

the birth record has been sent to the local registrar.  If the father is not named on the birth certificate pursuant to division (F)(1)

or (2) of this section, no other information about the father shall be entered on

the record. (G) When a man is presumed, found, or declared to be the father of a child, according

to section 2105.26, sections 3111.01 to 3111.18, former section 3111.21, or sections

3111.38 to 3111.54 of the Revised Code, or the father has acknowledged the child as

his child in an acknowledgment of paternity, and the acknowledgment has become final

pursuant to section 2151.232 , 3111.25 , or 3111.821 of the Revised Code , and documentary evidence of such fact is submitted to the department of health in

such form as the director may require, a new birth record shall be issued by the department

which shall have the same overall appearance as the record which would have been issued

under this section if a marriage had occurred before the birth of such child.  Where handwriting is required to effect such appearance, the department shall supply

it.  Upon the issuance of such new birth record, the original birth record shall cease

to be a public record.  Except as provided in division (C) of section 3705.091 of the Revised Code , the original record and any documentary evidence supporting the new registration

of birth shall be placed in an envelope which shall be sealed by the department and

shall not be open to inspection or copy unless so ordered by a court of competent

jurisdiction. (H) Every birth certificate filed under this section on or after July 1, 1990, shall

be accompanied by all social security numbers that have been issued to the parents

of the child, unless the division of child support in the department of job and family

services, acting in accordance with regulations prescribed under the “Family Support

Act of 1988,” 102 Stat. 2353, 42 U.S.C.A. 405 , as amended, finds good cause for not requiring that the numbers be furnished with

the certificate.  The parents' social security numbers shall not be recorded on the certificate.  No social security number obtained under this division shall be used for any purpose

other than the purposes specified in division (B)(1) of section 3705.07 of the Revised Code .