Ch. 2, § 3. Duties

Local registrars shall serve as agents of the State Registrar of Vital Records in their registration districts and shall: (a) Maintain an adequate inventory of all forms prescribed or approved and distributed by the State Registrar of Vital Records and supply these to such persons requiring them; (b) Notify the person responsible for the filing when any certificate submitted for registration is not completed in accordance with these rules and request proper completion; (c) Sign each certificate of birth, death, and stillbirth and enter the date each certificate is received; (d) Complete a transmittal form to accompany each shipment of certificates sent to the State Registrar; (e) Provide assistance to physicians, health care facilities, funeral directors and others in matters related to the system of vital records; (f) Provide assistance to the certifier of a home birth in filing a birth certificate.