Section 5. Definitions

Part I. General Information

In addition to the words and terms defined in § 32.1-249 of the Code of Virginia, the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Board" means the State Board of Health.

"Commissioner" means the State Health Commissioner.

"Department" means Virginia Department of Health.

"Immediate family" means a registrant mother, father (name must be shown on the certification), sibling, current spouse and adult children.

"Informant" means person providing information to complete the filing of a vital record in order to document a vital event.

"Midwife" means a registered nurse who has met the additional requirements of education and examination for licensure as a nurse practitioner in the Commonwealth.

"Primary evidence" means valid first-hand documentation established before the registrant's 18th birthday, such as school admission records, physician's records, immunization records, passport, federal census abstracts, baptismal records and insurance applications.

"Registrant" means the person whose personal information is registered and filed in the systems of vital records.

"Secondary evidence" means valid documentation established after the registrant's eighteenth birthday such as marriage records, child's birth certificate, school records, social security records, driver's records, work permit and employment records. Such evidence must be at least five years old.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 19, Issue 26, eff. October 8, 2003.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-250 of the Code of Virginia.