Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 305.000 - Confidential Birth Information
Section 305.020 - Reporting Confidential Birth Information

The physician, certified nurse midwife, administrator or other person in charge of a hospital or birthing facility, or any other person responsible for recording and/or reporting a birth pursuant to M.G.L. c. 46, shall report to the Registrar within ten days of the birth of the child all confidential birth information that the Commissioner deems necessary for administrative, statistical or research purposes pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111, § 24B. The Commissioner shall prescribe and provide paper forms or an electronic format for reporting confidential birth information that shall bear the caption "Confidential Birth Information" and that specifies the confidential birth information deemed necessary for administrative, statistical or research purposes.