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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="4-209" title_number="4" title_name="Statistics and Records" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Vital Statistics and Records">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 72 hours after a person takes custody of a child of unknown parentage, the person shall prepare and file a report, on the form that the Secretary provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date and place of finding of the child;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The sex, color or race, and approximate date of birth of the child, as determined by a physician;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The name and address of the person with whom the child is placed for care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The name that the custodian gives the child; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any other information that the Secretary requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The person shall enter the place where the child was found as the place of birth.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A report under this section is the certificate of birth for the child.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, the report under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be sealed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May be reopened only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On order of a court of competent jurisdiction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On written order of a designee of the Secretary; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>As the rules and regulations of the Secretary provide.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
