Ohio § 3705.22

§ 3705.22.

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 information. An affidavit in a form prescribed by the director shall be sworn to by a person having

personal knowledge of the matter sought to be corrected.  Medical certifications contained on fetal death or death records may be corrected

only by the person whose name appears on the original record as attending physician

or by the coroner of the county in which the death occurred. The amended birth record shall be signed by the person who attended the birth and

the informant or informants whose names appear on the original record.  The amended death or fetal death record shall be signed by the physician or coroner,

funeral director, and informant whose names appear on the original record. An affidavit or amended record for the correction of the given name of a person shall

have the signature of the person, if the person is age eighteen or older, or of both

parents if the person is under eighteen, except that in the case of a child born out

of wedlock, the mother's signature will suffice;  in the case of the death or incapacity

of either parent, the signature of the other parent will suffice;  in the case of

a child not in the custody of his parents, the signature of the guardian or agency

having the custody of the child will suffice;  and in the case of a child whose parents

are deceased, the signature of another person who knows the child will suffice. Once a correction or amendment of an item is made on a vital record, that item shall

not be corrected or amended again except on the order of a court of this state or

the request of a court of another state or jurisdiction. The director may refuse to accept an affidavit or amended certificate or record that

appears to be submitted for the purpose of falsifying the certificate or record. A certified copy of a certificate or record issued by the department of health shall

show the information as originally given and the corrected information, except that

an electronically produced copy need indicate only that the certificate or record

was corrected and the item that was corrected.