Section DHS 142.03 - DefinitionsIn this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.(2) "Local registrar" means the county register of deeds or the city health officer in a city which is a registration district.(3) "Poor condition" in reference to a vital record in paper form means brittle, frayed, poorly attached to the book, faded or of poor legible quality.(4) "Public index" means a list of key identifying items from vital records registered by the local or state registrar, which is issued by the local or state registrar and contains only information that is available to all persons with no restriction by statute or rule.(5) "Records area" means a designated area in a registrar's office where vital records are stored and where they are made available for public use.(6) "Registrar" means a local registrar or the state registrar.(7) "Registration district" means a county or, for purposes of filing certificates of birth or certificates of birth and death, a city approved by the state registrar under s. 69.04, Stats.(8) "Related data" means court orders, amendment forms of all types, affidavits, documentary proofs, correspondence and indexes associated with a specific vital record.(9) "State registrar" means the state registrar of vital statistics appointed under s. 69.02(1) (b), Stats.(10) "Vital record" means a certificate of birth, death, divorce or annulment, a marriage document or a fetal death report, including related data.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 142.03
Cr. Register, June, 1991, 426, eff. 7-1-91; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 6, Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637.