Section 12 Vital Statistics Advisory Commission Expansion

The second paragraph of section 4 of chapter 17 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences and inserting in place thereof the following 3 sentences:- The registrar shall be subject to chapter 31 and shall, under the supervision of the commissioner, enforce all laws relative to the registry and statewide return of births, marriages and deaths, and may prosecute in the name of the commonwealth any violations thereof. The department may, after public hearing, promulgate regulations to ensure the uniform administration of all laws relative to the registry and return of births, marriages and deaths. Proposed regulations shall be prepared for the department by the registrar in consultation with an advisory committee which shall include, at minimum, the registrar, no less than 4 town clerks as defined in subsection (e) of section 1E of chapter 46, a genealogist to be chosen from a list of 3 to be submitted by the Massachusetts Historical Genealogical Society, and a historian to be chosen from a list of 3 to be submitted by the Massachusetts Historical Commission to be appointed by the registrar.

This section allows the vital statistics regulation advisory commission to include additional representation.