(410 ILCS 535/22) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-22)

Sec. 22. (1) A certificate or record filed under this Act may be amended only in accordance with this Act and such regulations as the Department may adopt to protect the integrity of vital records. An application for an amendment shall be accompanied by a fee of $15 which includes the provision of one certification or certified copy of the amended birth record. If the request is for additional copies, it shall be accompanied by a fee of $2 for each additional certification or certified copy. Such amendments may only be made in connection with the original certificates and may not be made on copies of such certificates without the approval of the State Registrar of Vital Records. The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to a certificate or record filed under any former Act relating to the registration of births, stillbirths, and deaths. Any original certificate or record filed with the county clerk prior to January 1, 1916, may be amended by the county clerk under the same provisions of this Section, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, as apply to the State Registrar of Vital Records governing amendments to certificates or records filed with the Department subsequent to December 31, 1915.

(2) A certificate that is amended under this Section after its filing shall have the correction entered on its face; shall clearly indicate that an amendment has been made; and shall show the date of the amendment. A summary description of the evidence submitted in support of an amendment shall be permanently retained by the Department either as an original record or in microphotographic form. Documents from which such summary descriptions are made may be returned by the Department to the person or persons submitting them. The Department shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under which, within one year after the date of occurrence, additions or minor corrections may be made without the certificate being considered amended.

(3) An amendment to a delayed birth registration established under the provisions of Section 15 of this Act may be made by the State Registrar of Vital Records only upon the basis of an order from the court which originally established the facts of birth.

(4) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order changing the name or names of a person born in this State, the official custodian shall amend the original certificate of birth to reflect the changes.

(5) (Blank).

(6) When the paternity of a child with a certificate of birth on file in this State is established through voluntary acknowledgment or by a court or administrative agency under the laws of this or any other state, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall amend the original record accordingly, upon notification from a circuit court of this State or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid), or upon receipt of a certified copy of another state's acknowledgment or judicial or administrative determination of paternity.

(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if an adopted person applies in accordance with this Section for the amendment of the name on his or her birth certificate, the State Registrar shall amend the birth certificate if the person provides documentation or other evidence supporting the application that would be deemed sufficient if the documentation or evidence had been submitted in support of an application by a person who has not been adopted.

(8) When paternity has been established after the birth in accordance with Section 12, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall amend the original record accordingly.

(9) Upon application by the parents not later than one year after an acknowledgment of parentage under this Act or the Illinois Public Aid Code or a judicial or administrative determination or establishment of paternity or parentage, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall amend the child's name on the child's certificate of birth in accordance with the application. No more than one application to change a child's name may be made under this subsection (9).

(10) When a certificate is amended by the State Registrar of Vital Records under this Section, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall furnish a copy of the summary description to the custodian of any permanent local records and such records shall be amended accordingly.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)