Section 4130. Births; registration

1. Live birth is defined as the complete
  expulsion  or  extraction  from  its  mother of a product of conception,
  irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation,
  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; each product of such a birth  is  considered  live
  born.
    2.  The  birth  of  each  child  born  alive  in  this  state shall be
  registered within five days after the date of birth by filing  with  the
  registrar  of  the district in which the birth occurred a certificate of
  such birth, which certificate shall be upon the form prescribed therefor
  by the commissioner.
    3. In each case where a physician or nurse-midwife was  in  attendance
  upon  the birth, it shall be the duty of such physician or nurse-midwife
  to file said certificate.
    4. In each case where there  was  no  physician  or  nurse-midwife  in
  attendance  upon the birth, it shall be the duty of the father or mother
  of the child, the householder or owner of the premises where  the  birth
  occurred,  or  the director or person in charge of the public or private
  institution where the birth occurred, each in the  order  named,  within
  five days after the date of such birth, to report to the local registrar
  the fact of such birth and to file said certificate.
    5.  When  a  birth  occurs in a hospital, the person in charge of such
  hospital or his designated  representative  shall  obtain  the  personal
  data,  prepare  the  certificate,  secure the signatures required by the
  certificate and file it with the registrar. The physician in  attendance
  or  a physician acting in his behalf shall certify to the facts of birth
  and provide the medical information required by the  certificate  within
  five days after the birth.