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).
History:
[39-244, added 1949, ch. 72, sec. 4, p. 117; am. 1974, ch. 23, sec. 64, p. 633; am. 1983, ch. 7, sec. 5, p. 26.]