Section 146-10-1 - DefinitionsA. Acknowledgment of Paternity. "Acknowledgment of paternity" means the form or electronic process prescribed and furnished by the state registrar for the purpose of recording the consent of each parent for entering the father's name on the birth certificate of a child born out of wedlock.B. Certificate of Live Birth. "Certificate of live birth" means the form or electronic process in general use for registering births which occur in Maine.C. Date of Filing. "Date of filing" means the date a vital record or report is accepted for registration by the Office of Vital Statistics or a municipal clerk.D. File. "File" means the presentation and acceptance of a vital record or report for registration by the Office of Vital Statistics or a municipal clerk.E. Institution. "Institution" means any establishment, public or private, which provides inpatient or outpatient birthing services.F. Live Birth. "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. Heartbeats are to be distinguished from transient cardiac contractions; respirations are to be distinguished from fleeting respiratory efforts or gasps.G. Municipal Clerk. "Municipal clerk" means the duly elected or appointed clerk of the city, town or plantation where the birth occurred.H. Office of Vital Statistics. "Office of Vital Statistics" means the Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.I. Out-of-Wedlock Birth. "Out-of-wedlock birth" means the birth of a child whose mother was not married at the time of either conception or birth, or at any time between conception and birth.J. Physician. "Physician" means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy pursuant to the laws of Maine.K. Registration. "Registration" means the process by which vital records are completed, filed, and incorporated into the official records of the Office of Vital Statistics and/or the appropriate municipal clerks. Registration is complete when the Office of Vital Statistics or municipal clerk enters the date of filing.L. State Registrar. "State registrar" means the State Registrar, Deputy State Registrar, or other designated employee of the Office of Vital Statistics.M. Time Periods. As used in this rule, the following time periods are delineated: "2 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins and any intermediate Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
"5 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins and any intermediate Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
"7 days" - excludes the day on which the time period begins. It includes Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays unless the 7th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday; in that case, the period ends on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
10-146 C.M.R. ch. 10, § 1