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Virginia regulations · Through 2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)

12VAC5-550-320: Change of sex

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 12. Health
  2. Agency 5. Department of Health
  3. Chapter 550. Board of Health Regulations Governing Vital Records
  4. Part IX. New Birth Certificates after Adoption, Legitimation, Acknowledgement of Paternity, or Court Determination of Paternity

Except as provided in subdivision 3 of 12VAC5-550-450, upon presentation of acceptable evidence (preoperative diagnosis, postoperative diagnosis and description of procedure) and a notarized affidavit from the physician performing the surgery, a new certificate of birth may be prepared by the State Registrar for a person born in this Commonwealth whose sex has been changed by surgical gender reassignment procedure. A certified copy of the court order changing the name of the registrant as well as designating the sex of the registrant must be in the possession of the State Registrar together with a request that a new certificate be prepared.

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