The Department shall establish a Registry that is: Secure, in accordance with data security standards customarily applied to the protection of electronic medical records; and Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Department may provide for services related to the establishment and operation of the Registry through contract with a person or agency. The Department or its contractor may store in the Registry only documents that are: Identical to those submitted by the registrant; and In a digital, read-only format preventing modification. The Department shall destroy the paper copy of an advance directive submitted by a registrant when the paper copy has been fully and accurately converted to digital copy.