A. The state registrar of vital records is authorized to amend an original birth certificate in accordance with Louisiana law.

            B. Any change in the surname of a child from that required or allowed in La. Rev. Stat. 40:34.2 shall be made by court order as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 13:4751 through 4755 or as otherwise provided in this Chapter or by rules promulgated thereunder.

            Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 624, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13; Acts 2012, No. 621, §1; Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.