Yes. Be very specific and narrow.
Don’t use “weasel words” that allow for “interpretation”.
I see your point, but words like “equivalent thereof” and “similar” unless strictly and narrowly defined, are not concrete.
Words like “must...
Must bear the signature of the attending physician
Must bear the name of the hospitla
And those items are included in what is collected electronically. A COLB can include any information the programmers include in the printing output. And before the data was collected electronically the paper long-forms included that information as well. The DOH offices have all that information; there is no reason they should refuse to disclose those records when the registrant needs to prove that information.
Even in Hawaii, which only “issues” COLB’s, they have the capability of making a copy of any information in their office, and their UIPA disclosure law requires them to provide copies of any records about a person (other than law enforcement records) when requested. To certify that the record is genuinely from the DOH office, the registrar stamps it with a seal and signs it. So regardless of what is “issued”, any person can get a certified copy of anything the DOH has in their office for the registrant.
All the DOH is supposed to do is to keep the records safe and disclose them when requested by someone with a legitimate interest in the information. Whether collected electronically or by paper, the DOH office has ALWAYS collected the details of the birth such as the doctor or witness to the birth. If they have the information, they are required to disclose it to anyone with a legitimate interest in it, according to the legally-accepted standards of “legitimate interest”. The registrant would always meet that standard.
If Missouri scrapped their law it wasn’t because they CAN’T either “issue” OR disclose the long-form. That is just disinformation. As long as they have the information collected they not only can, but MUST disclose it to someone with a legitimate interest in it. If the law had passed, their DOH would simply have had to create a printout that included all the information collected about an individual’s birth. Piece of cake; they’ve got it in their database and can print it however they choose.