§ 63-1-316a. Heirloom birth certificates.

A.  The State Department of Health shall provide for the issuance of an heirloom birth certificate.  The Department shall design the form of the heirloom birth certificate with the advice and assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and may promote and sell copies of the certificate.  An heirloom birth certificate shall not be used as evidence of live birth nor identification purposes.

B.  The Department shall prescribe a fee for the issuance of an heirloom birth certificate in an amount that does not exceed Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00).

C.  Proceeds from the sale of heirloom birth certificates shall be used by the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Program within the State Department of Health to provide training and technical assistance to judges, prosecutors, and members of multidisciplinary child abuse teams who intervene in circumstances of child abuse.

Added by Laws 2001, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 2001.  Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.