{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-3","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, § 3","heading":"Physician's record of birth; out of hospital birth","body":"Section 3. Every physician or hospital medical officer shall keep a record of birth of every child of which he is in charge showing the information required by section one, to be recorded in the records of birth.\nIf a birth occurs in a hospital, or if a birth occurs elsewhere and the mother and child are taken to a hospital for postnatal care immediately after birth, said physician or hospital medical officer shall, within twenty-four hours after such birth, file with the administrator a report, on forms furnished by the commissioner, stating the facts required by section one to be shown on the record of such birth.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 46"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter46/Section3","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:42Z","sha256":"491c80f6368cd0214fbe918e6bac95ed51dbaa39aa9872211410522b2a0031b5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-2c","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-3a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}