(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 registrar where the subject of the certificate resides or resided if the county of residence is different from the county where the event occurred.
(c) A copy of a certificate provided to a county registrar under this section may be used by the county health department to carry out public health functions.
(d) A copy of a certificate provided under this section may be photographic or electronic or produced by other means as prescribed by the Secretary.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Statistics and Records
Subtitle 2 - Vital Statistics and Records
Section 4-202 - Registrars of Vital Records
Section 4-203 - General Responsibility
Section 4-204 - Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates; Copies
Section 4-205 - County Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Records
Section 4-206 - Marriage, Divorce, and Annulment Records
Section 4-207 - Preparation of Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates
Section 4-208 - Birth Registration
Section 4-209 - Foundling Registration
Section 4-210 - Delayed Birth Registration
Section 4-211 - New Certificates of Birth
Section 4-212 - Certificates of Death; Notice to Medical Examiner
Section 4-213 - Fetal Death Certificates
Section 4-213.1 - Stillbirth Certificates
Section 4-214 - Amendments to Vital Records
Section 4-215 - Burial Permits, Final Disposition, Transportation, and Disinterment
Section 4-216 - Duties of Institutions
Section 4-218 - Population Estimates
Section 4-220 - Copies of Vital Records -- Statistical Purposes
Section 4-221 - Copies of Vital Records -- Special Projects
Section 4-223 - Use of Copies of Vital Records as Evidence
Section 4-224 - Disclosure of Records
Section 4-225 - Enforcement of Subtitle