Pennsylvania Act 1925-209 — NEW BORN INFANTS, IDENTIFICATION

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NEW BORN INFANTS, IDENTIFICATION
                 Act of Apr. 29, 1925, P.L. 358, No. 209              Cl. 35
                                  AN ACT

     For the identification of infants born in places where maternity
        cases are handled; providing for the taking of finger or foot
        prints of infants, and the filing of the same, and charging
        persons in charge of such places with the enforcement
        thereof.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the trustees, directors,
     managers, proprietors, or other person or persons in charge of
     any State, county, city, or other municipal or privately owned
     hospital, or other place where maternity cases are handled and
     where infants are born, other than private residences, shall
     establish and maintain a system for the identification of all
     infants born therein.
        Section 2.  The superintendent or other person in charge of
     such hospital or other place where maternity cases are handled
     is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this act,
     and shall immediately after the birth therein of any infant have
     suitable foot prints of such infant and suitable finger prints
     of the infant's mother taken and recorded for purposes of
     identification, and such records shall be chronologically filed
     and indexed in the name of the parents of such child.
        (2 amended May 26, 1943, P.L.650, No.286)
        Section 3.  Any superintendent or other person in charge of
     any such hospital, or other place where maternity cases are
     handled, violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be
     guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be sentenced
     to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.