{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-3-106","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-3-106","heading":"Local registrars.","body":"(a) The state registrar shall:\n(1) Appoint such number of local registrars for the registration districts as necessary. Full-time local health department personnel may be appointed local registrars;\n(2) Remove for cause any local registrar whose services are found to be unsatisfactory; and\n(3) Immediately appoint a successor in case of death, resignation, removal from the registration district, or removal for cause of any local registrar.\n(b) The local registrars and their deputies are charged with the duty of complying with all instructions of the state registrar, and of checking on the compliance by others with this chapter and with the regulations of the department.\n(c) Each local registrar, upon acceptance of such registrar's written appointment, shall recommend a deputy or deputies, and in case of death, resignation or removal of such deputy, a successor, subject to the approval of the state registrar.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 3 Vital Records Act of 1977","Part 1 Definitions and Administration"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"2a8d9dbfbef233602af4952b1591fc70e702dfbda1d28db0cf062a4b58f9fda3","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-3-105","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-3-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}