{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-107","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-8-107","heading":"Correction of errors or omissions in vital records -- Conflicting birth and foundling certificates -- Rulemaking.","body":"(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department may make rules:\n(a) governing applications to correct alleged errors or omissions on any vital record;\n(b) establishing procedures to resolve conflicting birth and foundling certificates;\n(c) allowing for the correction and reissuance of a vital record that was originally created omitting a diacritical mark; and\n(d) notwithstanding any other provision of law, allowing for the change of a child's name on the child's birth certificate within one year from the day the child is born.\n(2) For a birth certificate, the department may correct an error or omission under Subsection (1)(a) if:\n(a) the error or omission is a result of a scrivener's error or a data entry error; and\n(b) the department receives:\n(i)\n(A) an affidavit from the applicant attesting that there is an error on the birth certificate;\n(B) supporting documentation from the health care facility or attending health care provider; and\n(C) an affidavit from the health care facility or health care provider described in Subsection (2)(b)(i)(B) attesting to the accuracy of the supporting documentation; or\n(ii) documentation deemed sufficient by the state registrar to establish the facts of the error or omission.\n(3) The department may amend a birth certificate's sex designation for an intersex individual at the request of the individual or the guardian of the individual if:\n(a) the sex designation indicating the biological sex at birth of the individual was misidentified on the original certificate due to the individual's condition; and\n(b) the department receives:\n(i) a correction affidavit attesting the individual is intersex;\n(ii) chromosomal, molecular, karyotypic, DNA, or genetic testing results that confirm the individual is intersex; and\n(iii) an affidavit from the health care facility, health care professional, or laboratory testing facility that conducted the test or analyzed the test results, attesting to the test results and accuracy.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-8 Health Data, Vital Statistics, and Utah Medical Examiner","Part 26B-8-1 Vital Statistics"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter8/26B-8-S107.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"7a13656ac1474fc8f2156431bd23f8944246f371067d00a61496ee72f08bf4f3","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-106","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}