The state registrar, under the direction of the director, shall:
(1) Have charge of the vital statistics unit;
(2) Be official custodian of all its files and records;
(3) Perform the duties prescribed by law and the regulations of the board;
(4) Have supervisory power over local vital statistics registration and local registration officers;
(5) Enforce this chapter and regulations of the board; and
(6) Have the authority to delegate portions of the vital records responsibility to the duly appointed local registrar(s).