2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.213 — Office of the State Registrar.

     144.213 Office of the State Registrar. 


    Subdivision 1.    Creation; State Registrar.  The 
 commissioner shall establish an Office of the State Registrar 
 under the supervision of the state registrar.  The commissioner 
 shall furnish to local registrars the forms necessary for 
 correct reporting of vital statistics, and shall instruct the 
 local registrars in the collection and compilation of the data.  
 The commissioner shall promulgate rules for the collection, 
 filing, and registering of vital statistics information by state 
 and local registrars, physicians, morticians, and others.  
 Except as otherwise provided in sections 144.211 to 144.227, 
 rules previously promulgated by the commissioner relating to the 
 collection, filing and registering of vital statistics shall 
 remain in effect until repealed, modified or superseded by a 
 rule promulgated by the commissioner. 


    Subd. 2.    General duties.  The state registrar shall 
 coordinate the work of local registrars to maintain a statewide 
 system of vital statistics.  The state registrar is responsible 
 for the administration and enforcement of sections 144.211 to 
 144.227, and shall supervise local registrars in the enforcement 
 of sections 144.211 to 144.227 and the rules promulgated 
 thereunder. 


    Subd. 3.    Record keeping.  To preserve vital records 
 the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, 
 photographic, electronic or other reproductions of original 
 records and files in the Office of the State Registrar.  The 
 reproductions when certified by the state or local registrar 
 shall be accepted as the original records. 


    HIST: 1978 c 699 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32