California Health and Safety Code

§ 103447

HSC § 103447 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 102 · Part 1 · Ch. 11 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person born in this state, or, in the case of a minor or incompetent person, his or her parent, legal guardian, or conservator, may apply to the State Registrar for the establishment and issuance of a new birth certificate and the sealing of the original, upon finding that the birthing hospital or local registrar made a gender error when completing the original birth certificate.

(b)The application shall be accompanied by one of the following:

(1)The sworn affidavit of the administrator of the hospital where the applicant was born or by a representative designated by the administrator, verifying that the incorrect gender information entered on the birth certificate was due to a hospital error.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 780, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.