Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 3 - Registration of Live Births
Subchapter 16 - Amendments to Birth Certificate
Rule 15-5-85-3.16.2 - Amendment of obvious errors

In the process of registering a birth, the State Registrar is charged with responsibility of ensuring, insofar as is administratively possible, the completeness of the record. To this end, during the first year after the date of birth, the State Registrar or designated representative will examine each certificate for obvious errors and make any necessary corrections. Obvious errors, include the transposition of letters in words of common knowledge, the provision of misinformation, and/or omissions of information. Correction of these errors may be made based on either telephone or written query to the facility of birth and/or mother as shown on the birth certificate. When amendments to obvious errors are made by the State Registrar, a notation as to the source of the information, together with the date the change was made and the initials of the authorized agent making the change, shall be made on the certificate in such a way so as not to become a part of any certification issued. The certificate is not to be considered nor marked as having been amended. Correction of obvious errors does not include, the placement of given names, adding or dropping a given name, nor, generally, spelling of the names.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7