§ 207.03 Correction of Records; Method of Amendment; Adding Missing Information.
RCNY § 207.03
(a)Except as provided in 24 RCNY Health Code § 207.05, when an application for amendment of a certificate is approved, a single line shall be drawn through the information subject to amendment, and the correct information shall be inserted immediately above it. The certificate shall be marked to show that it is amended, and the name of the person approving the amendment and the date thereof shall be noted on the certificate. When the name of a person is changed pursuant to court order, the new name shall be similarly inserted on the certificate together with a statement that the change of name is by court order and the date of the order. The Department may use an alternate method of recording corrections or other amendments to electronic vital records. The history of these electronic corrections or amendments shall be clearly recorded within the electronic certificate and confidential medical report by the Department.
(b)Within one year following the date of a birth, termination of pregnancy or death certificate, any missing information may be added upon submission of the information on a form furnished by the Department by the person who filed the certificate; provided that the Office of Chief Medical Examiner may submit missing or updated information at any time. Except for such submissions by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, after one year following the date of event of a certificate, however, missing information shall be added only upon approval of an application for amendment in the manner specified in 24 RCNY Health Code § 207.01.
