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§ 5071. Birth certificates; who to make; return
(a) Unless a physician or midwife is present, the head of the family in which a birth occurs, within ten days thereafter, shall fill out and file with the town clerk a certificate of birth in the form prescribed by the department. Otherwise the certificate shall be filed by the attendant physician or midwife.
(b) At the time of the birth of a child, each parent shall furnish the following information on a form provided for that purpose by the department of health: the parent's name, address and social security number and the name and date of birth of the child. The forms and a copy of the birth certificate shall be filed with the department of health not later than ten days after birth of the child.
(c) Whoever assumes the custody of a live-born infant of unknown parentage shall complete a certificate of birth as follows:
(1) Name of child as given by the custodian, and sex;
(2) Approximate date of birth as determined in consultation with a physician;
(3) Place of birth as place where child is found;
(4) In place of certifier, custodian shall sign and indicate "custodian" rather than "attendant," with date and address;
(5) Parentage data and other child's data items shall be left blank.
If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, the certificate created under this section and copies thereof shall be sealed and deposited with the commissioner of health, to be opened upon court order only.
(d) The name of the father shall be included on the birth certificate of the child of unmarried parents only if the father and mother have signed a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage or a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction has issued an adjudication of parentage. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1989, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 26; 1997, No. 63, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.)
