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Role of the Health Sector
Bolivia
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National Civil Registration Agency
Civil Registration System
National level Agency
Does the law designate a national level agency responsible for civil registration?
Yes. Servicio de Registro Cívico—SERECI (Civic Register System)
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The agency in charge of civil registration is the Servicio de Registro Cívico—SERECI (Civic Register System).
Declaration and Notification
Birth Registration
Informants
Who is designated as the primary informant for births occurring in health facilities?
Either parent
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
Under Resolution No. 616 of December 29, 2004, the parents or legal guardian are designated as the primary informants for birth registration. In their absence, relatives up to the third degree of kinship may submit the registration, and if no relatives are available, municipal, ecclesiastical, administrative, or judicial authorities may do so. The regulation does not distinguish between births occurring inside or outside health facilities, nor does it assign a specific role to health personnel in the registration process.
Declaration and Notification
Birth Registration
Role of the health sector
What is the role of the health sector in birth registration for births occurring outside health facilities?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
Bolivian legal documents do not state what the role of the health facility, or its head (or their designees) is, in cases of births occurring outside of health facilities.
Law Source
Declaration and Notification
Birth Registration
Role of the health sector
What is the role of the health sector in birth registration for births occurring in health facilities?
None
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
Bolivian legal documents do not designate the head of the health facility (or their designees) as informant.
Law Source
Declaration and Notification
Death Registration
Informants
Who is designated as the primary informant for natural deaths that occur in a health facility?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The law does not clearly designate a single primary informant for deaths occurring in health facilities, as recommended by international guidelines. However, Article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, establishes that the Civil Registry Officer records the death upon presentation of the medical certificate attesting to the death, which implies that the physician is the person providing the information when the death occurs within a health facility. In places where no physician is available, the article states that the Civil Registry Officer must personally verify the death.
Declaration and Notification
Death Registration
Role of the health sector
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for deaths occurring outside health facilities?
Issuing evidence of death or other equivalent document
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
Medical attendant is designated as the person to issue the medical certificate of the cause of death. If death occurs outside of health facilities, a doctor of the closest facility is designated to issue the certification
Declaration and Notification
Death Registration
Role of the health sector
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for deaths occurring in health facilities?
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Law Source
Bolivia
Legal Analysis
The doctor is required to issue a medical certificate of the cause of death when the patient dies from the illness for which he or she was being treated.
