32.1-254 - County and city registrars designated; deputies; special registrars.
§ 32.1-254. County and city registrars designated; deputies; specialregistrars.
A. Each county and city health director shall be the county or city registrarof vital records and health statistics for his jurisdiction and shall appointone or more deputies in the county or city health department. Any county orcity registrar may recommend that the State Registrar appoint a specialregistrar when necessary to facilitate registration in his county or city.
B. When there is no duly appointed county or city health director, the StateRegistrar shall appoint a county or city registrar to serve pending theappointment of a health director.
(Code 1950, § 32-353.10; 1960, c. 451; 1979, c. 711.)