(a) The Secretary shall appoint a State registrar of vital records, who shall be in the skilled service of the State Personnel Management System. (b) The health officer for a county is the registrar of vital records for the county.
(a) The Secretary is charged with administering efficiently and uniformly this subtitle throughout this State. (b) (1) The Secretary shall: (i) Establish appropriate methods and the necessary forms for accurate registration of vital records; (ii) On or before January 1, 2015, establish a process by which death certificates can be filed electronically; and (iii) Educate physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners […]
(a) The Secretary shall collect, index, and safeguard from fire, loss, or damage each certificate of birth, death, and fetal death. (b) After registration of a completed birth, death, or fetal death certificate, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the original certificate to the county registrar for the county where the event occurred and the county […]
(a) A county registrar shall preserve for 3 years each copy of a death or fetal death record that the Secretary sends to the county registrar. (b) The county death and fetal death records shall be open to inspection by the Secretary, a designee of the Secretary, or an official of a municipal corporation or county, if […]
(a) The Secretary shall collect, index, and safeguard the marriage, divorce, and annulment records that clerks of court file as provided by law. (b) (1) The Secretary may change a marriage, divorce, or annulment record in the file of the Department only if a clerk of court sends, as provided by law, a certified report of the change. […]
(a) (1) Each certificate of birth, death, or fetal death shall be typed or printed legibly in unfading black ink, or stored on electronic media approved by the Secretary. (2) The person who is required to complete the record shall attest to its accuracy either by signature or by approved electronic process. (b) A certificate is not complete or […]
(a) In this section, “gestational carrier” means a woman other than an intended parent or gamete donor who agrees to become pregnant for an intended parent with the intention of gestating and delivering the child of the intended parent. (b) (1) Within 5 calendar days after a birth occurs in an institution, or en route to the institution, […]
(a) (1) Within 72 hours after a person takes custody of a child of unknown parentage, the person shall prepare and file a report, on the form that the Secretary provides. (2) The report shall state: (i) The date and place of finding of the child; (ii) The sex, color or race, and approximate date of birth of the child, […]
(a) The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations to govern the filing of a record of birth if a certificate of birth is not filed within the time required by § 4-208 or § 4-209 of this subtitle. (b) (1) If the Secretary rejects a delayed certificate of birth under this section, a person may petition a court […]
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall make a new certificate of birth for an individual if the Department receives satisfactory proof that: (1) The individual was born in this State; and (2) Regardless of the location, one of the following has occurred: (i) The previously unwed parents of the individual have married […]
(a) This section does not apply to a fetal death. (b) (1) A certificate of death regardless of age of decedent shall be filled out and signed by: (i) The medical examiner, if the medical examiner takes charge of the body; or (ii) If the medical examiner does not take charge of the body, the physician, physician assistant, or nurse […]
(a) If a fetal death occurs after a gestation period of 20 weeks or more, then within 72 hours after delivery, a certificate of fetal death shall be filed by: (1) The mortician who first takes custody of a fetus; (2) The person in charge of the institution or the person’s designated representative when a fetus is delivered […]
(a) The Secretary shall establish procedures for the issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (b) The Department shall make available a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to the parent or parents of a stillborn child for whom a fetal death was registered. (c) The individual preparing the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall […]
(a) A certificate or record registered under this subtitle may be amended only in accordance with this subtitle and any rules and regulations that the Secretary adopts to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records. (b) (1) If any certificate of birth, death, or fetal death is amended, the facts shall be certified to the Secretary and […]
(a) In this section, “cemetery” includes a crematory or other place for final disposition. (b) (1) Within 72 hours after death or after delivery in a fetal death and before final disposition or removal of the body or fetus from this State, the mortician who first takes custody of the body or fetus shall obtain a burial-transit permit. […]
The administrative head of an institution shall record and report each birth, death, and fetal death and all statistical information required by this subtitle, about the inmates or patients of the institution. The information shall be obtained from the best possible source and presented to the individual responsible for execution of a certificate under this […]
(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall provide, on request, any person authorized by regulations adopted under this subtitle with a certified or abridged copy of a birth, death, or fetal death certificate registered under this subtitle or of the certificate of a marriage performed after June 1, 1951. (2) Except […]
(a) In consultation with the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Department shall prepare annually population estimates for this State and each county. (b) The population estimates shall include categories of age, sex, and race.
(a) At least annually, the Secretary shall: (1) Publish a report of vital statistics, including population estimates; and (2) Print and distribute the report to any official, agency, library, or other person whom the Secretary considers entitled to the report. (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, by June 30 of each year the […]
(a) The Secretary may provide the United States Department of Health and Human Services with copies of vital records or other information that is required for national statistics, on the condition that the information may not be used for other than statistical purposes unless authorized by the Secretary. (b) On request, the Secretary may provide federal, State, […]
