(b)(1) Subject to the approval of the Advisory Health Board, the department may authorize any local registrar to issue certified copies of original certificates of death or parts thereof which are in his possession, but in every instance local registrars shall transmit the original certificates of death to the department in accordance with the rules and orders of the department.

(2) After the original certificate of death has been transmitted to the department, the local registrar may issue a copy of a certified copy of the original certificate of death or part thereof which is in his possession for ninety (90) days after issuance of the original certificate of death.

(3) Any local registrar who issues a certified copy of an original certificate of death or a copy of a certified copy of the original certificate of death in accordance with the provisions of this section shall receive therefor a fee prescribed by the Advisory Health Board, not exceeding the fee charged by the department for a like service, to be paid by the person applying for the certified copy.