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has advanced beyond the 20th week of uterogestation, is registered, shall issue, upon the request of the mother or father of the fetus, a Certificate of Still Birth, on a form approved by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics for each naturally occurring intrauterine fetal death after a gestational age of not less than 20 completed weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002A Certificate of Still Birth issued pursuant to subdivision (a) shall, except as otherwise set forth in this section, comply with all of the format requirements governing a certificate for a live birth contained in Article 2 (commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 102425\u00a0<\/span>). \u2002The Certificate of Still Birth shall be in addition to and shall not replace the fetal death certificate issued pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 102950\u00a0<\/span>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002The request for a Certificate of Still Birth shall be on a form prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002The Certificate of Still Birth shall be on a form prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and shall only contain the following information taken from the fetal death certificate:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002The date of the stillbirth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002The county in which the stillbirth occurred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002The name of and sex of the stillborn fetus, as provided on the original or amended fetal death certificate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(4)\u2002The time and place of stillbirth, including the street address and city, and, if applicable, the name of the hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(5)\u2002The names, date of birth, and state of birth of the mother and father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(6)\u2002The corresponding file number of the final fetal death certificate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(7)\u2002A title at the top of the Certificate of Still Birth that reads: \u2009Certificate of Still Birth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(8)\u2002A statement at the bottom of the Certificate of Still Birth that states: \u2009This Certificate of Still Birth is not proof of a live birth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall not use the information included on a Certificate of Still Birth for any governmental purpose other than to respond to the request for the certificate from the persons identified in subdivision (a).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(f)\u2002The State Registrar of Vital Statistics may charge an appropriate fee for processing and issuing a Certificate of Still Birth. \u2002The fee shall cover, but shall not exceed, the entity&#8217;s full cost of providing the certificate. \u2002During the 2007-08 fiscal year, the fee shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20), thereafter, the fee may be adjusted annually pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 100430\u00a0<\/span>. \u2002The local registrar of births and deaths may charge an appropriate fee for the processing and issuing of a Certificate of Live Birth, not to exceed the entity&#8217;s full cost of providing the certificate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(g)\u2002The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall issue a Certificate of Still Birth upon request regardless of the date on which the certificate of fetal death was issued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(h)\u2002This section shall not be used to establish, bring, or support a civil cause of action seeking damages against any person or entity for bodily injury, personal injury, or wrongful death for a stillbirth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(i)\u2002For the purposes of this section, \u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">stillbirth<\/span>\u201d as recorded in the Certificate of Still Birth means the delivery of a fetus where there was a naturally occurring intrauterine fetal death after a gestational age of not less than 20 completed weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(j)\u2002This section shall not supercede any other provision of law. \u2002The terms and conditions contained in this section shall only apply to this section, and shall not affect the definition, use, meaning, or intent of those terms as they may appear in any other statute, California case law, or the California Constitution. \u2002Other than prescribing the right to request a Certificate of Still Birth, 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