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Please report "still births " on the birth blanks only and not on
the death blanks.
When a woman is delivered of a child at or after the twentyeighth
week of utero gestation, it must be returned as a birth ;
under the twenty-eighth week it is an abortion or miscarriage,
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Still births or seven months gestation and over shall be reported as both births and deaths
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A stillborn child of 20 weeks or more utero-gestation shall be reported as "stillbirth" on the special blue form of certificate which explains itself. This form serves both as a birth and as a death record.
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A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth provided under subsection must contain the following:
1 The caption ""Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth
2 A space for the name of the stillborn child.
c It is in addition to a certificate of stillbirth registration provided under section 8 of this chapter.
d It is not proof of a live birth.
e A local health department may charge the same fee for a as the fee charged for a certificate of birth
f Must be issued on tamper resistant paper
