§ 35-1-426 — Disclosure of records

(a) To protect the integrity of vital records, to insure
their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper
administration of the vital records system, it shall be 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 of any such record except as authorized by
regulations.
(b) The department of health may authorize the disclosure
of data contained in vital records for research purposes.
(c) Information in vital records indicating that a birth
occurred out of wedlock shall not be disclosed except as
provided by regulations or upon order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(d) The department of health is authorized to provide the
necessary information in death records to the secretary of state
for the maintenance of the voter registration system by removing
names of voters who are deceased from the voter registration
list. This disclosure of death records shall be conducted in
accordance with the terms agreed upon by the secretary of state
and the director of the department of health.