§ 5-C:107 — Handling of Special Records

New Hampshire § 5-C:107

• Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
• Title I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 5-C: VITAL RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
• Subdivision: Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information

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I. Records relative to adoptions shall be handled in accordance with RSA 5-C:33.
II. Access to non-certified copies of records involving paternity judgments, affidavits of paternity, legitimation, and change of sex which require the preparation of a new birth certificate shall be handled as provided by this paragraph. Any New Hampshire state agency shall be granted access when a specific legal authority is presented. The registrant and parents, legal guardians, or legal representatives of the registrant shall have access to the record, and any order from a court of competent jurisdiction requesting access shall be honored. To indicate that the document is a non-certified copy, a copy of the document shall be marked "informational copy only."
III. Hospital copies of birth certificate worksheets, fetal death reports, and death certificates shall be considered a vital event record subject to the disclosure requirements described in RSA 5-C:9 and this subdivision.

Legislative History

2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.