Actually, 338-18 deals with copies of any sort: ""it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in vital statistics records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any such record, except as authorized by this part or by rules adopted by the department of health."
Once again, we come down to you citing administrative rules from a 1955 document with handwritten notes and cross outs, and me pointing to the 1977 statute which is far more restrictive.
The 338-18 part that you cited was from 338-18(a), and it forbids those things EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS PART OR BY RULES ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.”
The rules adopted by the DOH allow for non-certified abbreviated certificates to be disclosed to anybody who asks for them, so there is nothing in 338-18(a)that even applies to non-certified abbreviated certificates.