RSA 5-C:20 Completion of the Birth Worksheet for Non-Hospital Births.

Title: I - THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT Chapter: 5-C - VITAL RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

I. If a child is born in New Hampshire at home or some place other than a facility that regularly prepares birth records and is brought to a New Hampshire hospital or birthing center with the mother within 24 hours of birth, the hospital or birthing center shall complete the birth record in accordance with RSA 5-C:19 except that the place of birth shall be entered as the city or town of the actual birth; the physician who attends the mother in the hospital shall be entered as the physician who attended the mother in the hospital or birthing center; and the certifying physician signature section shall be signed by the physician who attended the mother in the facility.
II. Birthing centers shall complete birth records for children born in their facilities in accordance with the

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