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 within five days after the birth.  The physician or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate. "
Sec. 1.1.  G.S. 130A-12 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-12  Confidentiality of records.
All 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