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Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.08 (2026)

Director shall prescribe forms

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September 29, 2017
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House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
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(A) The director of health, by rule, shall prescribe the form of records and certificates required by this chapter. Records and certificates shall include the items and information prescribed by the director, including the items recommended by the national center for health statistics of the United States department of health and human services, subject to approval of and modification by the director.

(B) All birth certificates shall include a statement setting forth the names of the child's parents.

(C) All death certificates shall include, in the medical certification portion of the certificate, a space to indicate, if the deceased individual is female and the manner of death is determined to be a suspicious or violent death, whether any of the following conditions apply to the individual:

(1) Not pregnant within the past year;

(2) Pregnant at the time of death;

(3) Not pregnant, but had been pregnant within forty-two days prior to the time of death;

(4) Not pregnant, but had been pregnant within forty-three days to one year prior to the time of death;

(5) Unknown whether pregnant within the past year.

(D)(1) The director shall prescribe electronic methods and forms for obtaining registration of births, deaths, and other vital statistics in each registration district, and for preserving the records of the office of vital statistics, and no forms or blanks shall be used other than those prescribed by the director.

(2) All birth, fetal death, and death records and certificates shall be certified. Except as provided in division (G) of section 3705.09, section 3705.12, 3705.121, 3705.122, or 3705.124, division (D) of section 3705.15, or section 3705.16 of the Revised Code, a birth certificate requiring signature may be electronically certified by the person in charge of the institution or that person's designee. A death certificate may be electronically certified by the individual who attests to the facts of death.

(3) All vital records shall contain the date received for filing.

(4) Information and signatures required in certificates, records, or reports authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the director.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: Henry v. Himes, 14 F. Supp. 3d 1036 (S.D. Ohio 2014).
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Henry v. Himes, 14 F. Supp. 3d 1036 (S.D. Ohio 2014). · cites it 2× “95(A) ("If a married woman is the subject of a non-spousal artificial insemination and if her husband consented to the artificial insemination, the husband shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural father of a child conceived as a result of the artificial insemination,…”
Miller v. Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics, 2021 Ohio 996 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2021). · cites it 2× “R.C. 3705.08(A) and (D); OAC 3701-5-02. ODH/VS verifies each form, secures additional information as necessary, and maintains all death certificate record content in its records management systems.”
In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024 Ohio 5393 (Ohio 2024). “Except for requiring that all birth certificates “include a statement setting forth the names of the child’s parents,” R.C. 3705.08(B), the Revised Code does not set out the requirements of information that must be included on a birth certificate—delegating that power instead to…”
In re Carpenter, 2024 Ohio 810 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Instead, R.C. 3705.08(A) provides, “the director of health, by rule, shall prescribe the forms of records and certificates required by this chapter.”
In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024 Ohio 5393 (Ohio 2024). · cites it 2× “Except for requiring that all birth certificates “include a statement setting forth the names of the child’s parents,” R.C. 3705.08(B), the Revised Code does not set out the requirements of information that must be included on a birth certificate—delegating that power instead to…”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.08(A): 2 cases
Miller v. Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics, 2021 Ohio 996 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2021). “R.C. 3705.08(A) and (D); OAC 3701-5-02. ODH/VS verifies each form, secures additional information as necessary, and maintains all death certificate record content in its records management systems.”
In re Carpenter, 2024 Ohio 810 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “Instead, R.C. 3705.08(A) provides, “the director of health, by rule, shall prescribe the forms of records and certificates required by this chapter.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.08(B): 3 cases
Henry v. Himes, 14 F. Supp. 3d 1036 (S.D. Ohio 2014). “95(A) ("If a married woman is the subject of a non-spousal artificial insemination and if her husband consented to the artificial insemination, the husband shall be treated in law and regarded as the natural father of a child conceived as a result of the artificial insemination,…”
In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024 Ohio 5393 (Ohio 2024). “Except for requiring that all birth certificates “include a statement setting forth the names of the child’s parents,” R.C. 3705.08(B), the Revised Code does not set out the requirements of information that must be included on a birth certificate—delegating that power instead to…”
In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024 Ohio 5393 (Ohio 2024). “Except for requiring that all birth certificates “include a statement setting forth the names of the child’s parents,” R.C. 3705.08(B), the Revised Code does not set out the requirements of information that must be included on a birth certificate—delegating that power instead to…”
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