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7 AAC 05.190. Designated magistrates. Only those district magistrates and deputy magistrates designated by the Alaska Court System and the State Registrar as recorders of vital records shall have the powers and duties of recording vital statistics records. This shall involve the recording of all vital statistics records for events occurring within the one or more registration districts into which such recording district may be subdivided; the transmittal of the original records to the bureau; the preservation, indexing, and making authorized corrections on the recorded copies of vital records; the protection of such records from unauthorized disclosure; issuance of certified copies, partial copies, or verifications of such records to authorized persons or agencies; the collection of authorized fees for such copies or services, and the proper disposition of such fees; and any other related duties assigned; all under the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act, related laws, regulations, and instructions. Such duties and responsibilities shall be in addition to any others assigned by the Alaska Court System, either by law or order, in relation to vital statistics records. (In effect before 7/28/59; am 7/25/60, Register 2) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.50.100 AS 22.15.100 AS 22.15.110 7 AAC 05.200. Confidentiality of records. Each recording magistrate shall keep a complete file of the recorded copies of all certificates of birth, death, fetal death, and marriage occurring within his recording district. Such file shall be separate from other records filed or recorded in the office. The records shall be arranged, numbered, and indexed in some logical order to insure the location of any given record when needed. When possible both the numbering and filing should be by units of one to five calendar years, with the year referring to the date of the event. Any part of an original certificate designated as confidential by the bureau shall not be recorded or copied by the recording magistrate. No separate numbering, filing, indexing, or other system shall be maintained which might tend to identify the record of any illegitimate, adopted, or legitimated person. The recorded file of such vital statistics records, as well as the originals during the time they are within the recording magistrate’s office, shall not be available to the general public, but shall be subject to the restrictions on public access to vital records. The original copy of any record for which a substitute record following adoption or legitimation has been made, any record revealing illegitimacy, and any adoption files still remaining in the magistrate’s office are severely