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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2796

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Brekke, Prentice and Anderson

Read first time 1/22/90 and referred to Committee on Health Care.

AN ACT Relating to birth certificates; and amending RCW 70.58.200.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 6, chapter 159, Laws of 1945 as last amended by section 2, chapter 162, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 70.58.200 are each amended to read as follows:

          The forms of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and decrees of divorce, annulment, or separate maintenance certificates filed with the state registrar of vital statistics shall include the items required by the respective standard certificate as recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics, except that no information shall be required on the certificate of divorce relative to the date the couple separated or the number of children under eighteen years of age((:  PROVIDED, That)).  None of the information contained in the confidential section of the forms of marriage, divorce, annulment or separate maintenance shall be required((:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That no information shall be required on the certificate of live birth relative to the education of the parents of the child)).  The Washington state board of health by regulation may require additional pertinent information relative to the birth and manner of delivery as it may deem necessary for statistical study.  This information shall be placed in a confidential section of the birth certificate form and shall not be subject to the view of the public or for certification purposes except upon order of a court((:  PROVIDED, That)).  The state board of health may eliminate from the forms any such items that it determines are not necessary for statistical study.