Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

For the purposes of this chapter and this chapter
only, the following terms shall be construed to have the meanings hereinafter
set forth:
(a) "Vital statistics" includes the registration, preparation,
transcription, collection, compilation and preservation of data pertaining to
births, adoptions, legitimations, deaths, stillbirths, induced terminations of
pregnancy, marital status and data incidental thereto.
(b) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of
pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any
other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the
umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
(c) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of
the duration of pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such
expulsion or extraction, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence
of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
definite movement of voluntary muscles.
(1) "Induced termination of pregnancy (induced abortion)" means the
purposeful interruption of pregnancy with an intention other than to
produce a live-born infant or to remove a dead fetus and which does not
result in a live birth.
(2) "Spontaneous fetal death" means the expulsion or extraction of a
product of human conception resulting in other than a live birth and which
is not an induced termination of pregnancy.
(d) "Stillbirth" means a spontaneous fetal death of twenty (20) completed
weeks gestation or more, based on a clinical estimate of gestation, or a
weight of three hundred fifty (350) grams (twelve and thirty-five hundredths
(12.35) ounces) or more.
(e) "Dead body" means lifeless human body or such parts of the human body
or the bones thereof from the state of which it reasonably may be concluded
that death recently occurred.
(f) "Person in charge of interment" means any person who places or causes
to be placed a stillborn fetus or dead body or the ashes of the same, after
cremation, in a grave, vault, urn, or other receptacle, or otherwise disposes
thereof.
(g) "Physician" means a person legally authorized to practice medicine
and surgery in this state.
(h) "Board" means the Idaho state board of health and welfare.
(i) "Record" means the original certificate of an event and any
replacement thereof filed for record by virtue of authority contained in this
chapter, as well as instruments of any nature provided by this chapter as a
means of effecting replacement of certificates.
(j) "Director" means the director of the department of health and
welfare.
(k) "Certified copy" means the reproduction of an original vital record
by typewritten, photographic, or electronic means. Such reproductions, when
certified by the state registrar, shall be used as the original.
(l) "Adoptive parent" means an adult who has become a parent of a child
through the legal process of adoption.
(m) "Consent" means a verified written statement which has been
notarized.
(n) "Identifying information" includes the following information:
(1) The name of the qualified adoptee before placement in adoption;
(2) The name and address of each qualified birthparent as it appears in
birth records;
(3) The current name, address, and telephone number of the qualified
adult adoptee; and
(4) The current name, address, and telephone number of each qualified
birthparent.
(o) "Qualified adult adoptee" means an adopted person eighteen (18) years
of age or older who was born in Idaho.
(p) "Qualified birthparent" means a genetic, biological, or natural
parent whose rights were voluntarily or involuntarily terminated by a court or
otherwise. "Birthparent" includes a man who is the parent of a child prior to
the termination of parental rights.
(q) "Qualified adult birth sibling" means a genetic, biological, or
natural brother or sister or half-brother or sister, eighteen (18) years of
age or older.
(r) "Registrar" means the state registrar of vital statistics or a
designated representative.
(s) "Relative" includes only an individual's spouse, birthparent,
adoptive parent, sibling, or child who is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(t) "Voluntary adoption registry" or "registry" means a place where
eligible persons, as described in section 39-259A, Idaho Code, may indicate
their willingness to have their identity and whereabouts disclosed to each
other under conditions specified in section 39-259A, Idaho Code.

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