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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 46. — RETURN AND REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
- Chapter 46 — Section 1. Certificates of birth, marriage, death and acknowledgments and adjudications of paternity; contents; residence, defined.
- Chapter 46 — Section 1A. Birth records of abandoned children or foundlings.
- Chapter 46 — Section 1B. Filing reports of out-of-state births or adoptions.
- Chapter 46 — Section 1C. Filing reports of out-of-state deaths.
- Chapter 46 — Section 1D. Adoption of surname upon marriage.
- Chapter 46 — Section 1E. Definitions.
- Chapter 46 — Section 2. Separate registries for births, deaths and marriages.
- Chapter 46 — Section 2A. Disclosure of information about vital statistics; conditions.
- Chapter 46 — Section 3. Physician's record of birth; out of hospital birth.
- Chapter 46 — Section 3A. Hospital administrator's duties; report; verification.
- Chapter 46 — Section 3B. Birth without immediate admittance to hospital for postnatal care; report.
- Chapter 46 — Section 3C. Children born out of wedlock; information regarding benefits and responsibilities of parentage; voluntary acknowledgement of parentage.
- Chapter 46 — Section 3D. Acknowledgments and adjudications of paternity; records available to IV-D agency.
- Chapter 46 — Section 4. Birth without attending physician; report; recording; petition; hearing.
- Chapter 46 — Section 4A. Local officials; processing of birth certificates.
- Chapter 46 — Section 4B. Artificial insemination.
- Chapter 46 — Section 5. Repealed, 1968, 84, Sec. 5.
- Chapter 46 — Section 6. Notification of births and deaths.
- Chapter 46 — Section 7. Report of births and deaths at sea.
- Chapter 46 — Section 7A. Report of births on airplanes; penalty for violation.
- Chapter 46 — Section 8. Penalty for failure to report births and deaths.
- Chapter 46 — Section 9. Death certificates; issuance; contents; declaration of death by nurse or physician's assistant.
- Chapter 46 — Section 9A. Repealed, 1977, 598, Sec. 1.
- Chapter 46 — Section 9B. Penalties.
- Chapter 46 — Section 10. Death certificates of veterans; contents; penalty for violation.
- Chapter 46 — Section 11. Duties of undertakers.
- Chapter 46 — Section 12. Certified copies of birth certificates and death records; transmission to parents or next of kin; exceptions.
- Chapter 46 — Section 13. Correction of records.
- Chapter 46 — Section 13A. Correction of birth records; procedure.
- Chapter 46 — Section 14. Penalty for false returns.
- Chapter 46 — Section 15. Blank forms for returns of births.
- Chapter 46 — Section 16. Blank forms for towns and boards of health; contents; distribution.
- Chapter 46 — Section 17. Birth records; state registrar; originals; certified copies.
- Chapter 46 — Section 17A. Marriage records; state registrar; originals; certified copies.
- Chapter 46 — Section 17B. Death records; state registrar; originals; certified copies.
- Chapter 46 — Section 17C. Original forms and evidence of amendments and corrections in birth, marriage and death records.
- Chapter 46 — Section 17D. Amended birth, marriage and death records; certified copies to holders of originals.
- Chapter 46 — Section 18. Information on forms; legible writing required.
- Chapter 46 — Section 19. Use of records as evidence.
- Chapter 46 — Section 19A. Unauthorized reproduction of records; penalty.
- Chapter 46 — Section 19B. Certified copies of birth records; restricted information regarding mother.
- Chapter 46 — Section 19C. Authentication of copies of birth, marriage and death records; use as evidence.
- Chapter 46 — Section 20. Births and deaths in Tewksbury hospital; records.
- Chapter 46 — Section 21. Repealed, 1976, 486, Sec. 15.
- Chapter 46 — Section 22. Registrars of vital statistics.
- Chapter 46 — Section 23. Prosecution of persons failing to file required reports.
- Chapter 46 — Section 24. Statements of births and deaths; penalty.
- Chapter 46 — Section 25. Disposition of fines and forfeitures.
- Chapter 46 — Section 26. Fees.
- Chapter 46 — Section 27. Clerks; penalty for neglecting required duties.
- Chapter 46 — Section 28. Administration of oaths.
- Chapter 46 — Section 29. Attestation of certificates.
- Chapter 46 — Section 30. Alteration, forgery or counterfeiting; penalty.
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