2006 Minnesota Statutes

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and registering of vital statistics shall remain in effect until repealed, modified or superseded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.
History: 1978 c 699 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32