GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 428
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