The State Department of Health shall have charge of the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, burials, marriages, and divorces.

Source: SL 1931, ch 267, § 1; SDC 1939, § 27.0201; SL 1941, ch 124, § 1; SL 1945, ch 103, § 1; SL 1972, ch 194, § 1; SL 1978, ch 255, § 1; SL 1980, ch 238, § 24.