Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 46, § 1E

(a) “Administrator”, the hospital administrator or other person in charge of a hospital or similar institution in which births occur.

“Certified nurse-midwife”, a nurse licensed under section 80B of said chapter 112 and authorized to practice nurse-midwifery under section 80C of said chapter 112.

(b) “Commissioner”, the commissioner of public health.

(c) “Custodian”, a town clerk, the archivist of the commonwealth, the superintendent of the Quabbin reservoir and the state registrar.

(d) “Department”, department of public health.

(e) “Hospital medical officer”, a person registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve.

“Licensed certified professional midwife”, a midwife licensed to practice by the board of registration in midwifery pursuant to section 293 of chapter 112.

(f) “Physician”, a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy pursuant to section two of chapter one hundred and twelve.

(g) “State registrar”, the registrar of vital records and statistics.

(h) “Registry”, the registry of vital records and statistics established in section four of chapter seventeen.

(i) “Town clerk or clerk”, a town clerk, city clerk or local registrar as provided in section twenty-two.