N.Y. Public Health Law § 4120: Vital statistics; registration districts; establishment

§ 4120. Vital statistics; registration districts; establishment. 1.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, each city, incorporated

village and town in the state shall constitute a separate primary

registration district, except that the commissioner may designate any

county, except those comprising the city of New York, as a primary

registration district with the approval of the board of supervisors of

such county.

2. To facilitate registration, the commissioner may:

(a) with the approval of the legislative body of the county in which

each affected district is located, combine two or more primary

registration districts into a single primary registration district; or,

(b) divide one primary registration district into two or more primary

registration districts; or,

(c) establish any state hospital, charitable or penal institution as a

primary registration district.

3. Whenever a county or part-county primary registration district has

been established or two or more primary registration districts have been

combined, the records of birth and death and all papers pertaining to

such records in the possession of the original primary registration

district or districts shall be transferred as directed by the

commissioner.