2004 Minnesota Code
Chapters 144 - 159 Health
Chapter 144 Department of Health
Section 144.216 Foundling registration.
144.216 Foundling registration.
Subdivision 1. Reporting a foundling. Whoever finds a live born infant of unknown parentage shall report within five days to the Office of the State Registrar such information as the commissioner may by rule require to identify the foundling.
Subd. 2. Status of foundling reports. A report registered under subdivision 1 shall constitute the record of birth for the child. If the child is identified and a record of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under subdivision 1 shall be confidential pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3, and shall not be disclosed except pursuant to court order.
HIST: 1978 c 699 s 6; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32
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