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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68527</law_id><section_number>32.1-258.1</section_number><catch_line>Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; requirements</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Vital Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Birth Certificates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the request of either individual listed as the parent on a report of <span class="dictionary">fetal death</span> in the Commonwealth as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Reports of fetal deaths; medical certification; investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; confidentiality of information concerning abortions" href="/32.1-264/">32.1-264</a>, the State Registrar shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth for unintended, intrauterine <span class="dictionary">fetal deaths</span> occurring after a gestational period of 20 weeks or more. The requesting parent may, but shall not be required to, provide a name for the stillborn child on the Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth. This section shall apply retroactively to any circumstances that would have resulted in the issuance of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth, as prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>2003, cc. 537, 552; 2020, c. 900; 2022, c. 171.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
