Sec. 7-59. Report of foundling children.
Sec. 7-59. Report of foundling children. The executive authority of any agency
or institution, upon accepting the temporary custody of any foundling child, shall, within
ten days from such acceptance, report to the registrar of vital statistics of the town or
city where such child was found, in a format prescribed by the department, as follows:
The date and place of finding, the sex, the race, the approximate age, the name and
address of such agency or institution and the name given to the foundling child. If a
child for whom such a report has been registered is later identified and a certificate of
birth is found or obtained, it shall be substituted and the previous report shall be sealed
and filed in a confidential file, and such seal may be broken and the record inspected
only upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The certificate prescribed by this
section shall include such additional information as the department requires.
(1949 Rev., S. 579; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A.
93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1,
1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner
and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 changed provision re forms supplied to format
prescribed by the department, changed "color" to "race" and made technical changes.