§ 4124 — Vital statistics; registrars and subregistrars; compensation and expenses

§ 4124. Vital statistics; registrars and subregistrars; compensation\nand expenses. 1. Except as otherwise provided, each registrar shall be\npaid:\n (a) the sum of fifty cents for each birth certificate properly and\ncompletely made out, registered and promptly returned by him to the\ncommissioner as required by this article;\n (b) the sum of fifty cents for each death certificate properly and\ncompletely made out in accordance with the international classification\nof diseases and returned and filed with the registrar, and correctly\nrecorded and promptly returned by him to the commissioner, as required\nby this article;\n (c) the sum of fifty cents for each burial, removal or transit permit\nissued by him;\n (d) the sum of fifty cents for each report of fetal death properly and\ncompletely made out and filed with the registrar; and\n (e) his actual and necessary expenses.\n 2. A village clerk, unless the charter of the village provides\notherwise, or a town clerk serving as registrar of vital statistics\nshall be entitled to the fees provided in this section. If a city clerk,\ntown clerk or village clerk is appointed a registrar of vital\nstatistics, as authorized by section forty-one hundred twenty-one of\nthis article, all fees collected by such registrar in the discharge of\nhis duties shall be the property of the city, town or village and shall\nbe paid to the chief fiscal officer of such city, town or village,\nprovided, however, that an amount equivalent to the sum of such fees\nshall be paid at least monthly by such chief fiscal officer to such city\nclerk, town clerk or village clerk entitled to receive fees as a\nregistrar of vital statistics.\n 3. (a) In any city, town or village, the legislative body of the city,\ntown board or board of trustees may provide that the registrar be paid a\nstipulated daily, monthly, or annual salary instead of the fees provided\nfor by this article.\n (b) If a stipulated salary is fixed, all fees collected by the\nregistrar in the discharge of his duties shall be the property of the\ncity, town or village and shall be paid to the chief fiscal officer,\nsupervisor or the village treasurer, as the case may be.\n (c) In any city, town or village where the compensation of the\nregistrar is fixed by the legislative body of the city, town board or\nboard of trustees at a stipulated salary, the provisions herein as to\nthe payment of fees or as to the certification by the commissioner shall\nnot apply.\n (d) In any city, town or village, the registrar shall keep a true and\ncorrect account of all fees received by him or her and report the amount\nof such fees to the chief fiscal officer of such city, town or village\non an annual basis.\n 4. In any case where a local health officer is appointed as registrar\nof vital statistics he shall serve as such registrar without additional\nremuneration therefor.\n 5. In any case where a director or other person in charge of any state\nhospital, charitable or penal institution is appointed or acts as\nregistrar of vital statistics of such registration district he shall\nserve as such registrar without additional remuneration therefor.\n 6. All amounts payable to the local registrar under the provisions of\nthis article shall be paid by the municipality comprising the\nregistration district, upon certification by the commissioner.\n 7. Remuneration and expenses of the registrars of districts which have\nbeen divided into two or more primary registration districts shall be\npaid by the municipality comprising the original district.\n 8. (a) Remuneration and expenses of registrars of combined districts\nshall be paid by the municipalities comprising such districts in\nproportion as each would be required to compensate a separate registrar\nfor its own district, except that when such combined districts coincide\nwith a consolidated health district the remuneration and expenses of the\nregistrar shall be paid by the board of health of such consolidated\nhealth district as provided by section three hundred ninety-nine of this\nchapter.\n (b) In any combined district, the governing boards of the\nmunicipalities comprising such district; or in a combined district\ncoinciding with a consolidated health district, the board of health\nthereof; or in a district divided into two or more primary registration\ndistricts, the governing board of the municipality comprising the\noriginal district, may provide that the registrar or registrars therein\nbe paid a stipulated daily, monthly or annual salary instead of fees\nprovided for by this article.\n (c) If a salary is paid as provided in paragraph (b) of this section,\nall fees collected by the registrar in the discharge of his duties shall\nbe the property of the municipality or municipalities involved and the\nprovisions herein requiring the payment of fees to the registrar or the\ncertification by the commissioner shall not apply.\n 9. The commissioner shall certify annually to the municipality the\nnumber of births and deaths properly registered, with the name of the\nlocal registrar and the amount due him at the rate fixed herein.\n 10. Except as otherwise provided, each subregistrar in counties\ndesignated pursuant to this article as primary registration districts\nshall be paid:\n (a) the sum of fifty cents for each birth and death certificate\nproperly and completely made out and received, noted and forwarded to\nthe registrar of the district, as required by this article;\n (b) the sum of fifty cents for each burial or removal permit issued by\nhim; and\n (c) the sum of fifty cents for each report of fetal death properly and\ncompletely made out and filed with the registrar.\n 11. (a) The board of supervisors of the county in which such primary\nregistration district is located may provide that the subregistrar be\npaid a stipulated daily, monthly or annual salary instead of the fees\nprovided for by subdivision eleven of this section.\n (b) The fees specified to be paid subregistrars under subdivision\neleven or, in lieu thereof, the salary provided for by the board of\nsupervisors of the county shall be paid by the county embracing such\nprimary registration district.\n