The local registrar shall:
A. administer and enforce the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act and instructions, rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto;
B. require that certificates be completed and filed in accordance with the Vital Statistics Act and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto; and
C. transmit to the state registrar bimonthly, or more frequently when directed by that official, the certificates, reports or other returns filed with him.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-4-30, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 44, § 8; 1981, ch. 309, § 5.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Section 24-14-1 - Short title.
Section 24-14-2 - Definitions.
Section 24-14-3 - Vital records and health statistics bureau; state system.
Section 24-14-4 - State registrar; appointment.
Section 24-14-5 - Duties of state registrar.
Section 24-14-7 - Appointment and removal of local registrars.
Section 24-14-8 - Duties of local registrar.
Section 24-14-9 to 24-14-11 - Repealed.
Section 24-14-12 - Form and contents of certificates and reports.
Section 24-14-13 - Birth registration.
Section 24-14-14 - Unknown parentage; foundling registration.
Section 24-14-15 - Delayed registration of births.
Section 24-14-16 - Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.
Section 24-14-18 - Report of induced abortions.
Section 24-14-19 - Adoption of foreign-born; certificate of birth.
Section 24-14-20 - Death registration.
Section 24-14-21 - Delayed registration of death.
Section 24-14-22 - Reports of spontaneous fetal death.
Section 24-14-22.1 - Certificates of still birth.
Section 24-14-23 - Permits; authorization for final disposition.
Section 24-14-24 - Extension of time.
Section 24-14-25 - Correction and amendment of vital records.
Section 24-14-26 - Reproduction of records.
Section 24-14-27 - Disclosure of records.
Section 24-14-28 - Copies or data from the system of vital statistics.
Section 24-14-29 - Fees for copies and searches.
Section 24-14-29.1 - Day-care fund created; use; appropriation.