39-244 DUTIES OF STATE REGISTRAR.

TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 2

VITAL STATISTICS

39-244. Duties of state registrar. The state registrar, under the direction of the director, shall:

(a) Have charge of the vital statistics unit;

(b) Be official custodian of all its files and records;

(c) Perform the duties prescribed by law and the regulations of the board;

(d) Have supervisory power over local vital statistics registration and local registration officers;

(e) Enforce this chapter and regulations of the board; and

(f) Have the authority to delegate portions of the vital records responsibility to the duly appointed local registrar(s).