OFFICES AND OFFICERS - STATE - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ISSUANCE OF NEW CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH PURSUANT TO A DECREE OF ADOPTION AS A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION The Department of Health, through the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, is required to issue a birth certificate pursuant to an adoption decree of the superior court which directs the inclusion of other than the actual birthplace and/or date of birth on a birth certificate to be issued following adoption.