Section 35-1-410 - Birth registration(a) A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurs within ten (10) days after such birth and shall be registered by the registrar if it has been completed in accordance with this section. When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance a birth certificate shall be filed in the district in which the child was first removed from the conveyance.(b) When a birth occurs in an institution, or en route thereto, the person in charge of the institution or a designated representative shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it with the local registrar. The person in attendance will certify to the facts of the birth and provide the medical information required by the certificate within seven (7) days after birth. If the attendant has not signed the certificate within seven (7) days of the date of the birth, the person in charge of the institution or a designated representative shall complete and sign the certificate.(c) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one (1) of the following in the indicated order of priority: (i) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;(ii) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth; or(iii) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.(d) For purposes of birth registration, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise at any time or except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the woman who gives birth to the child shall be deemed the mother.(e) Upon the birth of a child under a gestational agreement, the intended parents of the child born under the gestational agreement shall be deemed to be the mother and father of the child, including for purposes of birth registration and the birth certificate, upon satisfying the following conditions:(i) Submission of a complete application by the intended parents as the state office of vital records services prescribes; and(ii) Verification by the state office of vital records services that the gestational agreement complies with the requirements of W.S. 35-1-401(a)(xiv).Amended by Laws 2021 , ch. 87, § 1, eff. 7/1/2021.