Sec. 2889.
(1) Upon notification pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968, being section 28.258 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that a person less than 17 years of age who was born in this state is missing, the state registrar shall immediately tag the birth certificate of that person in a manner that will alert the registrar to the fact that the birth certificate is that of a missing child. The state registrar shall immediately notify the appropriate local registrars to similarly tag the birth certificate or appropriate document of the missing child. The state registrar shall check to see if a request for a copy of the missing child's birth certificate was received within 14 days preceding the tagging of the birth certificate. If a request had been received, the state registrar shall immediately notify the state police of the request.
(2) The state registrar may access the law enforcement information network to obtain from the law enforcement agency reporting the missing person information necessary to provide a positive match between the missing person's LEIN entry and the missing person's birth certificate.
(3) Upon notification by the state registrar pursuant to subsection (1), the local registrar shall immediately tag the birth certificate or appropriate document of a missing child in a manner that will alert the registrar to the fact that the birth certificate is that of a missing child.
(4) Upon notification pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1968 that the information entered into the law enforcement information network regarding a missing child has been canceled, the state registrar shall remove the tag from the child's birth certificate not later than 7 days after receiving the notice.
(5) Upon removal of a tag by the state registrar pursuant to subsection (4), the state registrar shall immediately notify the local registrar who shall remove the tag from the missing child's birth certificate or appropriate document not later than 7 days after receiving the notice from the state registrar.
History: Add. 1987, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987 Popular Name: Act 368
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 368 of 1978 - Public Health Code (333.1101 - 333.25211)
Article 2 - Administration (333.2201...333.3625)
368-1978-2-28 - Part 28 Vital Records (333.2801...333.2899)
Section 333.2803 - Definitions; a to F.
Section 333.2804 - Definitions; I to R.
Section 333.2805 - Definitions; S to V.
Section 333.2811 - Form and Content of Vital Records and Certificates.
Section 333.2814 - City Clerk or City Department as Local Registrar; Rules.
Section 333.2815 - Local Registrar; Duties.
Section 333.2823 - Registration of Live Birth Occurring in Moving Conveyance.
Section 333.2831 - New Certificate of Birth; Establishment; Requirements.
Section 333.2836 - Disposal of Fetal Remains.
Section 333.2837 - Physical Complication or Death Resulting From Abortion; Report.
Section 333.2842 - Death Registration; Death Occurring in Moving Conveyance.
Section 333.2851 - Permit Request for Disinterment of Dead Human Body.
Section 333.2871 - Amendment of Certificate or Record; Procedures; Requirements; Rules.
Section 333.2876 - Preservation of Vital Records and Vital Statistics; Procedures.
Section 333.2885 - Transmission of Vital Records to Library of Michigan.
Section 333.2886 - Certified Copies Considered Same as Original; Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 333.2894 - Prohibited Conduct.
Section 333.2895 - Inspection or Copying of Information Contained in System of Vital Statistics.
Section 333.2896 - Rules; Minimum Requirements.
Section 333.2898 - Violation; Penalty.
Section 333.2899 - Reporting Violation; Statement; Initiation of Proceedings.