HRS §338-41
Rules for birth certificate forms and their legal effect
The health department can make rules about how Hawaiian birth certificates and certified copies look, and these rules become law if made properly. The department provides the forms. Older Hawaiian birth certificates are accepted as proof of the facts they state.
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The statute, as written — Issuance; procedure
(a) The department of health may make regulations respecting the form of Hawaiian birth certificates and certified copies of such certificates and other matters relating to Hawaii birth certificates as appear necessary and the regulations, when approved and made in accordance with chapter 91, shall have the force of law. The department shall furnish the form of the certificates and copies made therefrom. (b) Any certificate of Hawaiian birth issued heretofore under or by virtue of any law of the Territory of Hawaii or the State, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
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