GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 428

HOUSE BILL 844

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE VITAL RECORDS LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-101(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      When a birth occurs in a hospital or other medical facility, the person in charge of the facility shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it with the local registrar. registrar within five days after the birth.  The physician or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate certificate. and shall certify the facts of birth within 10 days after the birth.  If the physician or other person in attendance does not certify the facts of birth within the ten-day period, the person in charge of the facility may complete and sign the certificate."

Sec. 1.1.  G.S. 130A-12 reads as rewritten:

"§ 130A-12  Confidentiality of records.

All privileged patient medical records records containing privileged patient medical information that are in the possession of the Department or local health departments shall be confidential and shall not be public records pursuant to G.S. 132-1."

Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1995.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 1995.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives