) A certificate or record registered under this article may be amended only in accordance with this article and regulations thereunder, adopted by the Department to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records.

(b) A certificate that is amended under this section shall be marked “”Amended,”” except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section. The date of amendment and a summary description of the evidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be endorsed on or made a part of the record. The Office of Vital Statistics shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under which additions or minor corrections shall be made to birth certificates within one (l) year after the date of birth without the certificates being considered as amended.

(c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order changing the name of a person born in Guam, and upon request of such person or his parent, guardian or legal representative, the Office of Vital Statistics shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.

(d) Upon request and receipt of a sworn acknowledgment of paternity of a child born out of wedlock, signed by both parents, the Guam Registrar of Vital Statistics shall amend a certificate of birth to show such paternity, if paternity is not shown on the certificate. The surname of the child shall then be changed to that of the father, but the certificate shall not be marked “”Amended””.

(e) Upon receipt of a sworn statement from the physician performing the surgery certifying the sex of an individual has been changed by surgical procedure, and upon written request of an individual born in Guam, the sex of the individual shall be amended on the birth certificate to reflect such change. The name of the individual may be changed as provided in paragraph (c) of this section.

2017 NOTE: References to “”territory”” and “”territorial”” removed and/or altered to “”Guam”” pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.