69.03 Powers and duties of state registrar.
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69.03 Powers and duties of state registrar. The state registrar shall:
(1)Administer and enforce this subchapter.
(2)Direct the system of vital records.
(3)Supervise the office of vital records.
(4)Act as custodian of all records in the office of vital records and preserve, index and certify the records by photographic, electronic or other means, as determined by the state registrar.
(5)Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of acceptance, and index and preserve original marriage documents and records of birth, death, divorce, and domestic partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20
(e)shall consist of the registrant’s full name, date of the event, county of occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file number. Notwithstanding s. 69.24
(e), the state registrar may transfer the paper original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61
(5)or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61
(6)and destroy the paper original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter, the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the original vital record.
(6)Direct any activity related to the operation of the system of vital records.
(7)Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures in this state in the system of vital records.