§ 144.5 — Duties of state registrar

Iowa § 144.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 144: VITAL STATISTICS

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The state registrar shall do all of the following:
1. Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules issued under this chapter, and issue
instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics.
2. Direct and supervise the statewide system of vital statistics and be custodian of its
records.
3. Direct, supervise, and control the activities of clerks of the district court and county
recorders related to the operation of the vital statistics system and provide county registrars
with necessary postage.
4. Prescribe, print, and distribute the forms required by this chapter and prescribe
any other means for transmission of data, as necessary to accomplish complete, accurate
reporting.
5. Prepare and publish annual reports of vital statistics of this state and other reports as
may be required.
6. Delegate functions and duties vested in the state registrar to officers, to employees of
the department, to the clerks of the district court, and to the county registrars as the state
registrar deems necessary or expedient.
7. Provide, by rules, for appropriate morbidity reporting.

Legislative History

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2393; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.8; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.5; 81 Acts, ch 64, §1]