The Maine Health Alert Network (HAN) is the Maine CDC's primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public information officers; state, territorial, tribal, and local public health practitioners; clinicians; and public health laboratories.
Health professionals play a crucial role in maintaining Maine's public health.
Maine residents must file their intention to marry in the municipality of their residence by filing a VS2-A form. If they live in different municipalities, they file in only one of those towns. Intentions can also be filed with Maine Vital Records. The VS2-A form must be completed, signed and notarized.
Out of state residents intending to marry in Maine can file intentions in any Maine municipality.
An authorized person is a spouse, child and domestic partner that make their own arrangements without employing a funeral director. Out of state or out of country funeral establishments are also considered authorized persons.
Parentage is the legal relationship between a child and a parent. When parentage is established, the person seeking to establish parentage becomes the child's legal parent with the rights and responsibilities of a parent.
In Maine, adopted people who are 18 or older and were born in Maine can access their original birth certificate by filing an application for an original birth certificate before adoption with Data, Research, and Vital Statistics (DRVS). This application must be notarized and requires a $10.00 non-refundable fee. Additionally, descendants of a deceased adopted person also have the right to request and obtain the adopted person's original birth certificate.
When a child is born in Maine, the parents will complete a parent worksheet which provides baby and parent demographics. The hospital, midwife or other attendant will complete a medical worksheet. These two forms together will provide the information needed to complete a baby's birth certificate. If the birth takes in a hospital or birthing center, these forms will be provided to parents by the facility during their stay.
Maine law allows individuals born in Maine to change the gender marker on their birth record.
Court orders for changes to birth records must be presented directly to DRVS in person, by mail, or made online. Applicants must make an appointment if they are planning on coming in person. The cost is $60.00.
