NAC440.026. Alteration or correction of certificate: Filing of affidavit with State Registrar or local registrar.

     1. A person who requests that the State Registrar or local registrar alter or correct a certificate of birth, death or fetal death must prepare an affidavit in support of the request and file it with the State Registrar or the local registrar in the county in which the certificate originated if:

     (a) The certificate has been sent to the State Registrar and he or she has assigned it a file number;

     (b) Any certified copy has been issued; or

     (c) The proposed alteration is a major one.

     2. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 440.035, if the State Registrar finds that the evidence supporting a request for a major alteration is satisfactory, the State Registrar shall alter the original certificate and send a copy of it to the local registrar.

     3. A local registrar who receives such an affidavit:

     (a) Shall not alter his or her copy of the certificate; and

     (b) Shall replace the existing copy in his or her files with a copy of the certificate after alteration by the State Registrar.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 12-3-84)