(a) The Department has charge of the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and fetal deaths and shall prepare the necessary methods, forms and blanks for obtaining and preserving such records and insuring the faithful registration of the same throughout this State and in the central Office of Vital Statistics.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3102

  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The Department is charged with the uniform and thorough enforcement of this chapter throughout the State and shall from time to time promulgate any additional forms and regulations that are necessary for this purpose.

27 Del. Laws, c. 84, § ?1; 27 Del. Laws, c. 85, § ?1; Code 1915, § ?797; 33 Del. Laws, c. 57, § ?4; 34 Del. Laws, c. 69, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?780; 16 Del. C. 1953, § ?3101; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 149, § ?138;