Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 192.003 — BIRTH CERTIFICATE FILED OR BIRTH REPORTED
HS § 192.003Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 192. BIRTH RECORDS · Art. A. GENERAL REGISTRATION PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The physician, midwife, or person acting as a midwife in attendance at a birth shall file the birth certificate with the local registrar of the registration district in which the birth occurs.
(b)If a birth occurs in a hospital or birthing center, the hospital administrator, the birthing center administrator, or a designee of the appropriate administrator may file the birth certificate in lieu of a person listed by Subsection (a).
(c)If there is no physician, midwife, or person acting as a midwife in attendance at a birth and if the birth does not occur in a hospital or birthing center, the following in the order listed shall report the birth to the local registrar:
(1)the father or mother of the child; or
(2)the owner or householder of the premises where the birth occurs.
(d)Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person required to file a birth certificate or report a birth shall file the certificate or make the report not later than the fifth day after the date of the birth.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 68 (H.B. 1604), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2005.