PRINTER'S NO. 435
No. 387 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, O'PAKE, GORDNER,
BROWNE, TOMLINSON, REGOLA, ORIE, COSTA AND BRUBAKER,
MARCH 13, 2007
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 13, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
2 act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
3 vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
4 Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
5 local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
6 prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
7 midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
8 certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
9 regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
10 disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
11 statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
12 penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
13 thereto," providing for certificate of stillbirth.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known
17 as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by adding a
18 section to read:
19 Section 207. Department: Certificate of Stillbirth.--Upon
20 request from the mother or father, a certificate of stillbirth
21 shall be issued by the department for any fetal death previously
22 filed with the department. The fee for issuance shall be the
23 same as the fee for a death certificate. The certificate of
1 stillbirth shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
2 (1) Name of the stillborn child.
3 (2) Date of delivery.
4 (3) County of delivery.
5 (4) Mother's name and birthplace.
6 (5) Father's name and birthplace.
7 Such certificate shall not affect the registration, filing or
8 record requirements of this act, nor shall the issuance of such
9 certificate impose upon a coroner or medical examiner any
10 additional duties to conduct an investigation.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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