Tennessee Hospitals Recognized for Filing Birth Certificates on Time

Top 10 Percent of Hospitals Receive Certificates of Superior Performance

Nashville, May 10, 2006

The Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Vital Records has awarded Certificates of Superior Performance to the top 10 percent of Tennessee hospitals for timeliness in filing birth certificates. Tennessee law requires that birth certificates be filed within 10 days. The hospitals recognized not only turned in birth certificates on time, but early at an average filing of 7.5 days. 

“In today’s world, parents of newborns need their children’s birth certificates as quickly as possible,” said Sharon M. Leinbach, state registrar. “These hospitals have gone the extra mile to ensure that certificates are completed and on file within only a few days after birth.”

The top 10 percent of hospitals who filed their birth certificates within this timeframe are:

To find out how to receive a copy of your birth certificate, please call the Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Vital Records at (615) 741-1763 or visit http://www2.state.tn.us/health/vr/index.htm.