Electronic Birth Certificate News
Newsletters
2004
- January: Social Security Requests for 2003 During January only; Pending Records Question and Answers; Editing Parent Worksheets; List of Countries in Africa; Change to the EBC Database – Republic of Georgia (PDF) | Word 1MB
2003
- January: Prior Year Social Security Card requests; Handy Web Sites; European/American Date Formats; Paternity Program Social Security Numbers; Best Practices Item 17C; Recording Newborn Transfers in EBC (PDF) | Word 1MB
- January 2003 Addendum: Massachusetts Transfer Birthing Hospital List ALPHA Order 1/16/03 (PDF) | Word
- March: Recommendation: Obtain a Birth Certificate within a Year of Birth; EBC Software Release 3.3.22 during April 2003; Clarification of Parent Social Security Numbers and the Paternity Program; Parent Worksheets and Hospital Worksheets – Retention and Completing; Birth Certificate Security (PDF) | Word
- May: Security Issues: Birth Certificate Documents and Systems; EBC Software Version 3.3.22 in April 2003; Security Paper for Vital Records; Internet Addresses on the EBC Newsletter; Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Data Editing Techniques; Resident Copies: Within Massachusetts Only, Please (PDF) | Word 1MB
- July: Social Security Requests Do’s and Don’t’s; EBC Birth Year Validation - Warning Message for 365 Day Limit; Birth Certificate Registration - from Hospital to City/Town Clerk; English Language Keyboard Standard for Birth Certificates (PDF) | Word
- September: AIDS/HIV Information; EBC Function Keys; Chestnut Hill Zip Code 02467; Birth Certificate Preparation - Complete Single Parent or Incomplete Acknowledgment (PDF) | Word 2MB
- December: Birth Certificate Choice: Complete or Incomplete; Policy Revision of Informant Signature Item 17A Birth Certificate; Facility Name Change in EBC from Hale Hospital (2131) to Merrimack Valley Hospital; Policy and Procedure Informant Signature addendum (PDF) | Word 2MB
- Supplement: Standard Certificate of Live Birth (Form R-101) Policy and Procedure for Certificates Prepared at a Hospital or Birth Center) (PDF) | Word
This information is provided by the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics within the Department of Public Health.