GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 199
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PERIOD FOR REGISTERING BIRTHS AND FETAL DEATHS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 130A-101(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) A certificate of
birth for each live birth, regardless of the gestation period, which occurs in
this State shall be filed with the local registrar of the county in which the
birth occurs within five 10 days after the birth and shall be
registered by the registrar if it has been completed and filed in accordance
with this Article and the rules."
Sec. 2. 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. The physician
or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information required by
the certificate and shall certify the facts of birth within five 10 days
after the birth. If the physician or other person in attendance does not
certify the facts of birth within the five-day ten-day period,
the person in charge of the facility may complete and sign the
certificate."
Sec. 3. G.S. 130A-114(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Each spontaneous
fetal death occurring in the State of 20 completed weeks gestation or more, as
calculated from the first day of the last normal menstrual period until the day
of delivery, shall be reported within five 10 days after delivery
to the local registrar of the county in which the delivery occurred. The report
shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar."
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 1989.