§ 4170. Records; general duties of registrars. Each registrar shall:\n (a) supply blank forms of certificates to such persons as require\nthem;\n (b) examine each certificate of birth or death when presented for\nrecord in order to ascertain whether or not it has been made out in\naccordance with the provisions of this article and the instructions of\nthe commissioner;\n (c) number consecutively the certificates of birth and death, in two\nseparate series, beginning with the number one for the first birth and\nthe first death, in each calendar year, and sign his name as registrar\nin attest of the date of filing in his office;\n (d) make a complete and accurate copy of each birth and death\ncertificate registered by him in such form as approved by the\ncommissioner;\n (e) file the p
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§ 4170. Records; general duties of registrars. Each registrar shall:\n (a) supply blank forms of certificates to such persons as require\nthem;\n (b) examine each certificate of birth or death when presented for\nrecord in order to ascertain whether or not it has been made out in\naccordance with the provisions of this article and the instructions of\nthe commissioner;\n (c) number consecutively the certificates of birth and death, in two\nseparate series, beginning with the number one for the first birth and\nthe first death, in each calendar year, and sign his name as registrar\nin attest of the date of filing in his office;\n (d) make a complete and accurate copy of each birth and death\ncertificate registered by him in such form as approved by the\ncommissioner;\n (e) file the permit for each burial, or cremation or other disposition\nof bodies of deceased persons in his district as the local record, in\nsuch manner as directed by the commissioner and which shall be subject\nto disposition at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by\nrules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner;\n (f) at such times as the commissioner shall direct, and as otherwise\nordered by the commissioner as provided in section four thousand one\nhundred seventy-two of this chapter transmit to the commissioner all\noriginal certificates, including reports of foundlings, as required by\nsection three hundred ninety-eight of the social services law, and\norders relating to parentage registered by him;\n (g) maintain a count of reports of fetal death with such reports to be\ndestroyed at the end of each month.\n (h) immediately notify the division of criminal justice services in\nthe event that a copy of a birth certificate or information concerning\nthe birth records of any person whose record is flagged pursuant to\nparagraph (i) of subdivision two of section four thousand one hundred of\nthis article is requested. In the event that a copy of the birth\ncertificate of a person whose record is so flagged is requested in\nperson, the registrar's personnel accepting the request shall\nimmediately notify his or her supervisor who shall notify the local law\nenforcement agency and department in accordance with regulations\npromulgated by the department. The person making the request shall\ncomplete a form as prescribed by the commissioner, which shall include\nthe name, address, telephone numbers and social security numbers of the\nperson making the request. A motor vehicle operator's license, or if\nsuch license is not available, such other identification as the\ncommissioner determines to be satisfactory, shall be presented,\nphotocopied and returned to him or her. When a copy of the birth\ncertificate of a person whose record has been flagged is requested in\nwriting, the registrar shall notify the local law enforcement agency and\nthe department in accordance with regulations promulgated by the\ndepartment.\n