2009 Iowa Code
Title 4 - Public Health
Subtitle 2 - Health-Related Activities
CHAPTER 144 - VITAL STATISTICS
144.2 - DIVISION OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS.

        144.2  DIVISION OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS.
         There is established in the department a division for records and
      statistics which shall install, maintain, and operate the system of
      vital statistics throughout the state.  No system for the
      registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages,
      dissolutions, and annulments, shall be maintained in the state or any
      of its political subdivisions other than the one provided for in this
      chapter.  Suitable quarters shall be provided for the division by the
      executive council at the seat of government.  The quarters shall be
      properly equipped for the permanent and safe preservation of all
      official records made and returned under this chapter.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2388, 2432; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §
      144.3, 144.49; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.2] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 101, § 22