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2018 Georgia Code 31-10-6 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 31-10-6 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-10-6

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 10. Vital Records, 31-10-1 through 31-10-33.

ARTICLE 10 DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM

31-10-6. Local registrars, local custodians, special abstracting agents, and deputies; appointment; duties.

  1. The state registrar may appoint a local registrar and local custodian for each county and a special abstracting agent as necessary. Appointees must meet the qualifications and perform the duties required by this chapter and regulations of the department. The state registrar may appoint local deputy registrars as necessary. A local registrar, subject to the approval of the state registrar, may appoint a deputy or deputies. A local custodian, subject to the approval of the state registrar, may appoint a clerk or clerks of records.
  2. Local registrars shall collect and receive vital records, review them for accuracy and completeness, and keep and submit other reports as may be required by the department.
  3. Local custodians shall file, record, and preserve copies of vital records and issue certified copies provided for by law.
  4. Special abstracting agents shall examine evidence, abstract evidence onto prescribed forms, and submit such completed forms to the State Office of Vital Records for the filing of delayed certificates of birth or the amendment of certificates of live birth.

(Ga. L. 1914, p. 157, § 18; Ga. L. 1927, p. 353, § 18; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 16, 17; Ga. L. 1933, p. 7, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1210; Code 1933, § 88-1706, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, §§ 4, 11.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Ward v. Ward, 115 Ga. App. 778, 156 S.E.2d 210 (1967); Porter v. Calhoun County, 250 Ga. 566, 300 S.E.2d 143 (1983).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 74.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 31-10-6

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Franklin v. State, 295 Ga. 204 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 19, 2014 | 758 S.E.2d 813, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 1365

...307, 319 (99 SCt 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979). 4 (b) Appellant alleges that the medical examiner was not authorized to investigate the victim’s death and/or amend the death certificate under OCGA §§ 31-10-6 and 45-16-24....
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Porter v. Calhoun Cnty., 300 S.E.2d 143 (Ga. 1983).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 16, 1983 | 250 Ga. 566

...Chapter 88-17 of the Georgia Code was repealed by Georgia Laws 1982, pp. 723, 724 (OCGA Chapter 31-10, Code Ann. Ch. 88-17). Compare OCGA § 31-10-4 (Code Ann. § 88-1704), pursuant to which the Department's commissioner appoints a state registrar of vital records, who is authorized under § 31-10-6 (a) (Code Ann. § 88-1706) to appoint local custodians for each county. These "appointees must meet the qualifications and perform the duties required by this chapter and regulations of the department." OCGA § 31-10-6 (a) (Code Ann....