The information collected and recorded under this chapter shall be such as will aid the public health of the state, and furnish and preserve evidence affecting personal and property rights of the individual citizen.
In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital records, the forms of certificates, reports and other returns required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under this chapter, shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics. Each certificate, report and form […]
In order to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records, a certificate or record registered under this chapter may be amended only in accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted by the department. Except as otherwise provided by subsection (f), a certificate or record that is amended under this section shall be marked “amended.” […]
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 vital records. The reproductions, when certified by the state registrar, shall be accepted as the original records.
To protect the integrity of vital records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital records, it is unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in, vital records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part […]
In accordance with § 68-3-205 and the regulations adopted pursuant to § 68-3-205: The state registrar and other custodian or custodians authorized by the state registrar to issue certified copies shall, upon receipt of written application, issue a certified copy of a vital record in the state registrar’s or custodian’s custody or a part of […]
The department shall prescribe the fees to be paid for certified copies or certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made, or for copies or information provided for research, statistical or administrative purposes. The department shall not collect any fee under this section for a copy […]
Medical records will be made available to the state registrar or any direct representative of the registrar for the limited purpose of gathering information on birth certificates, death certificates and reports of fetal deaths.
This chapter also apply to all certificates of birth, death, marriage, and divorce, dissolution or annulment and reports of fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy previously received by the office of vital records or by any custodian of permanent local records.
