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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS |
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Chapter 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS |
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Subchapter B. RECORDS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND FETAL DEATHS |
Sec. 191.033. ADDENDA
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(a) The state registrar may attach to the original record an addendum that sets out any information received by the state registrar that may contradict the information in a birth, death, or fetal death record required to be maintained in the bureau of vital statistics.
(b) If the state registrar attaches an addendum to an original record, the state registrar shall instruct the local registration official in whose jurisdiction the birth, death, or fetal death occurred to attach an identical addendum to any duplicate of the record in the official's custody.
(c) In this section, "local registration official" means a county clerk or a person authorized by this title to maintain a duplicate system of records for each birth, death, or fetal death that occurs in the person's jurisdiction.