CODE OF VIRGINIA (EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) RETENTION OF STUDENT BIRTH CERTIFICATES AUTHORIZED (§ 23.1-404) Any public institution of higher education that requests that an applicant who has been accepted for admission present a certified copy of his birth certificate as a condition of enrollment may retain a copy of the birth certificate in the student’s record. HISTORY: 2007, c. 49, § 23-2.1:2; 2016, c. 588.