TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCHAPTER e: VITAL RECORDS PART 500 ILLINOIS VITAL RECORDS CODE The General Assembly's Illinois Administrative Code database includes only those rulemakings that have been permanently adopted. This menu will point out the Sections on which an emergency rule (valid for a maximum of 150 days, usually until replaced by a permanent rulemaking) exists. The emergency rulemaking is linked through the notation that follows the Section heading in the menu. View Entire Part Section 500.10 Definitions Section 500.15 Referenced Materials Section 500.20 Access to Vital Records Section 500.22 Fee Waivers Section 500.25 Gestational Surrogacy Births Section 500.30 Delayed Records of Birth Section 500.40 Amendments, Additions or Corrections to Vital Records Section 500.43 Amendments to Birth Records Following Gender Re-assignment Section 500.45 New Certificates of Birth Section 500.47 Illinois Adoption Registry and Information Exchange Section 500.50 Death Reporting, Transportation and Disposition of Dead Human Body Section 500.60 Court Order to Restore Original Certificate of Birth Section 500.70 Availability of Medical and Health Information Section 500.80 Appointment and Removal of Local Registrars Section 500.90 Social Security Numbers of the Mother and Father of an Infant Section 500.APPENDIX A Birth Records Section 500.ILLUSTRATION A Certificate of Live Birth Section 500.ILLUSTRATION B Information for Medical and Health Use Only Section 500.ILLUSTRATION C Record of a Foreign Birth Section 500.ILLUSTRATION D Certificate of Birth – Foundling Child Section 500.ILLUSTRATION E Application for Search of Birth Record Files Section 500.ILLUSTRATION F Application for Correction of a Birth Certificate Section 500.APPENDIX B Delayed Birth Records Section 500.ILLUSTRATION A Instructions for Filing a Delayed Record of Birth for a Child Age One to Seven Years Section 500.ILLUSTRATION B Delayed Record of Birth Section 500.ILLUSTRATION C Filing a Delayed Record of Birth After the Seventh Birthday) Section 500.ILLUSTRATION D Application for Delayed Record of Birth Section 500.ILLUSTRATION E Delayed Record of Birth (Registered After Seventh Birthday) Section 500.ILLUSTRATION F Affidavit in Support of an Application for a Delayed Registration of Birth (Continued) Section 500.APPENDIX C Marriage Application and Record Section 500.APPENDIX D Certificate of Dissolution, Invalidity of Marriage or Legal Separation Section 500.APPENDIX E Adoption Records Section 500.ILLUSTRATION A Certificate of Adoption Section 500.ILLUSTRATION B Information Concerning Adoptive Parents Section 500.ILLUSTRATION C Information Concerning Parents Section 500.ILLUSTRATION D Instructions for Adoption Registry Forms Section 500.ILLUSTRATION E Birth Parent Registration Identification Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION F Instructions for Adoptee Registration (Repealed) Section 500.ILLUSTRATION G Adopted Person Registration Identification Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION H Information Exchange Authorization Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION I Denial of Information Exchange Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION J Instructions for Applying for a New Birth Certificate for a Legitimated Child Section 500.ILLUSTRATION K Surrendered Person Registration Identification Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION L Non-Surrendered Birth Sibling Registration Identification Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION M Adoptive Parent Registration Identification Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION N Legal Guardian Registration Identification Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION O Adoption Registry Application Form Section 500.ILLUSTRATION P Medical Questionnaire Form Section 500.APPENDIX F Death Records Section 500.ILLUSTRATION A Certificate of Fetal Death Section 500.ILLUSTRATION B Medical Examiner's – Coroner's Certificate of Death Section 500.ILLUSTRATION C Medical Certificate of Death Section 500.ILLUSTRATION D Application for Search of Death Record Files Section 500.ILLUSTRATION E Corrected Cause of Death Certification Section 500.ILLUSTRATION F Application for Correction of a Death Certificate Section 500.APPENDIX G Death Records Section 500.ILLUSTRATION A Report of Death Section 500.ILLUSTRATION B Necropsy (NEC)1 Section 500.ILLUSTRATION C Permit for Disposition of Dead Human Body Section 500.ILLUSTRATION D Coroner's or Medical Examiner's Permit to Cremate a Dead Human Body Section 500.ILLUSTRATION E Application for Disinterment – Reinterment Permit Section 500.APPENDIX H Affidavits Section 500.ILLUSTRATION A Affidavit by Mother Section 500.ILLUSTRATION B Affidavit by Father Section 500.ILLUSTRATION C Affidavit and Certificate of Correction Section 500.ILLUSTRATION D Abstract of a Record Section 500.APPENDIX I Subregistrar's Appointment Blank

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Vital Records Act [410 ILCS 535], Adoption Act [750 ILCS 50], and Jane Doe II v. Lumpkin, United States District Court, Central District of Illinois, Case No. 89-1224.

SOURCE: Amended April 7, 1976, effective May 1, 1976; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 3880, effective March 29, 1982; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 8917; emergency amendment at 15 Ill. Reg. 3593, effective February 20, 1991, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired July 22, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11706, effective August 1, 1991; emergency amendment at 24 Ill. Reg. 3885, effective February 25, 2000, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired July 24, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 11882, effective July 26, 2000; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 16682, effective October 3, 2011; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 12555, effective July 19, 2013; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 14983, effective August 28, 2013; emergency amendment at 40 Ill. Reg. 5217, effective March 10, 2016, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 10704, effective July 21, 2016; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 20036, effective November 30, 2022.