1. (a) When a supplemental certificate of birth is prepared and filed based on adoption or paternity determination, a copy of the new certificate shall be forwarded to each local registration official in whose office is recorded the original birth record of such child.
2. (b) Wherever possible, the local registration official shall remove from his or her files the original birth record and forward it to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Where it is not possible to remove the original birth record, the local registration official shall cancel such record in such manner as to preclude the disclosure of any information contained therein. In its place he or she shall substitute the supplemental certificate of birth.
3. (c) A certificate of adoption for a child born outside the State of Texas shall, when received by the State Bureau of Vital Statistics, be forwarded to the proper registration official of the state or territory in which such birth occurred.
4. (d) Where application is made for the filing of a supplemental certificate based on paternity, the applicant shall submit to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics a certified copy of the certificate of marriage indicating the subsequent marriage of the parents, an acknowledgment of paternity prepared on a form prescribed by the Texas Department of Health, or a certified copy of the court decree if the information concerning the court decree is not already in the bureau files.

Source Note:The provisions of this §181.8 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective August 9, 1998, 23 TexReg 7809.