§ 35-1-412 — Report required of person assuming custody of foundlings; information to be shown; report to constitute birth certificate; subsequent identification and certificate

(a) Whoever assumes the custody of a living child of
unknown parentage shall report within seven (7) days on a form
to be approved by the state registrar, to the local registrar of
the registration district in which custody is assumed, the
following information:
(i) Date of finding or assumption of custody;
(ii) Place of finding or assumption of custody;
(iii) Sex;
(iv) Race;
(v) Approximate age;
(vi) Name and address of the person or institution
with whom the child has been placed for care, if any;
(vii) Name given to the child by the finder or
custodian; and
(viii) Other data required by the state registrar.
(b) The place where the child was found, or custody has
been assumed shall be known as the place of birth, and the date
of birth shall be determined by approximation. The foundling
report shall constitute the certificate of birth for such
foundling child and the provisions of this act relating to
certificates of birth shall apply in the same manner and with
the same effect to such report. If a foundling child shall later
be identified and a regular certificate of birth be found or
obtained, any report registered under this section shall be
sealed and placed in a special file and may be opened only upon
order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by
regulation.