(a)Birth certificates. (1)The state registrar, local registrar, or county clerk shall issue only two types of certified copies [records for births ]: (A)(No change.) (B)an abstract of [or certification of] birth facts, taken from the original record. [except for] Probate [probate] records and delayed records which may not be abstracted. An abstract [or certification of birth facts] shall be issued in one of four styles: (i)a standard certified abstract [or certification ]; (ii)a wallet-sized certified abstract [or certification ]; (iii)a typewritten certified abstract prepared in accordance with [Title 3,] Health and Safety Code, §192.005 or [and] §192.011, or when the condition of the original record does not permit full reproduction; or (iv)an heirloom style certified abstract which may only be issued by the State Registrar [or certification ]. (2)Each certified copy of a record, or abstract of birth facts [a record], shall be issued over the signature or facsimile thereof of the officer to whom the record is entrusted, and shall bear the seal of their office, and [shall bear] a statement of certification: (A)-(B)(No change.) (3)All certified copies [or abstracts] of birth records shall include [at a minimum] the following information, if known: (A)-(I)(No change.) (J)date certified copy issued; (K)-(M)(No change.) (b)Death certificates. (1)The state registrar, local registrar, or county clerk shall issue only two types of certified copies [death certificates ]: (A)(No change.) (B)a certified [certification or] abstract of death facts, taken from the original record. (2)All certified copies [certifications or abstracts] of death records shall include [as a minimum]: (A)-(H)(No change.) (I)date certified copy issued; (J)-(L) (No change.) (c)-(e) (No change.)
This agency hereby
certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on January 17, 2003
TRD-200300265 Susan K. Steeg
General Counsel
Texas Department of Health
Earliest possible date of adoption: March 2, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236
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