Section 4172. Records; registrar to transmit through health officers

1.
  When the commissioner  shall  have  so  ordered,  each  registrar  shall
  transmit,  at such times as the commissioner shall direct, to designated
  local health units or officials  copies  of  original  birth  and  death
  certificates  which  have  been  registered in such primary registration
  district, and the statistical abstract of fetal death.
    2. Each designated local health unit or official receiving  copies  of
  original  certificates  shall  retain  such  copies  thereof pursuant to
  subdivision one of this section as confidential records subject to  such
  further  regulation  to assure such confidentiality as may be prescribed
  by the commissioner.