Purpose

The purposes of 105 CMR 305.000 are to set forth the reporting requirements for birth information, to ensure the confidentiality of birth information consistent with M.G.L. c. 111, § 24B, to specify the acceptable uses of confidential birth information for administrative, statistical, or research purposes, to enumerate minimum criteria for use of confidential birth information by researchers, and to establish restrictions on use and disclosure of confidential birth information.