New-2013 Matters of Record

January 2013

Featured Stories
New ways to order birth certificates
Statistical corrections
Staffing changes
House Bill 2380: Mother’s intended place of delivery
Oregon paternity establishment percentage
More staff for the OVERS help desk phone line
Helpful information for phone messages

March 2013

Featured Stories
OVERS tip: changing the date of death
Veteran’s combat status update
Follow-up on combat zone information
Vital records modernization bill
Fetal death reporting demystified
Burial and Cremation Tags
Home Burial Packets
Timeliness for Death Certificates
The OVERS Revolution

May 2013

Featured Stories
Responding to birth record errors
Trial of labor in OVERS
Changes in birth certificates requested by parents
Parents’ place of birth—Canada
Fetal death transit permits demystified
Timeliness of records
Certifier must be the attendant for births not in a facility
Trial of labor chart
Contact numbers

May 2013

Featured Stories

Quiz time

Intaglio paper numbers: locate, search, and void

OVERS tips

Need information out of OVERS

Vital Records Modernization House Bill 2093

Local File Number: It’s all about you!

Death certificate timeline compliance

July 2013

Featured Stories
New vital records law starts January 1, 2014
HB 2093: Attending out of facility births of close relatives
Reporting same-sex parents on the birth certificate
Don’t share working copies of the birth certificate
“Unknown” responses too frequent
Reporting breastfeeding at discharge
Fetal death reporting: Estimated time of fetal death
It’s okay not to share: OVERS user accounts
New laws for out of facility births
Contact numbers

Featured Stories
HB 2093 Vital records modernization bill
Marital status for same-sex couples married outside of Oregon
Law change—short form death certificates
Electronic vs. paper affidavits
Burial and cremation tags clarification
OVERS tips/enhancements
Funeral home numeric report – a source of useful info
Online resource roundup

October 2013

Featured Stories
Hospital birth record performance reports
Vital Records Modernization bill
Cigarette smoking reported per day
Tips on using OVERS for fetal death reporting
Now available: OVERS training for fetal death reporting
Online resource roundup
Contacts
Just for midwives

Special Edition 
(posted Nov 2013)

Featured Stories
Special edition on HB2093 implementation
Doctors from bordering states can sign
Process for amendments to death records
Order forms required at county
Short form certified copies only for property transfers in Oregon
Free veterans’ copies require proof of application
24 hour receipt of body card still required
How to find the report of death in OVERS if hospital starts record
Limitations on providing certified copies of death

November 2013

Featured Stories

What you need to know about annual renewal of registrars commissions

Correction affidavits needed

Vital Records Modernization Law effective January 1, 2014

County reports now electronic

Contacts

Vital Records Commissions Form

County Vital Records Duties Overview

Application to Operate as a County Vital Records Office