Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Vital Statistics and Records
Section 4-205 - County Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Records

(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 the inspection is made for a proper purpose and in a manner that does not subject the contents of these records to risk of damage or alteration.
    (c)    If any omission or discrepancy in the personal or medical facts in a county death or fetal death record is called to the attention of a county registrar, the county registrar promptly shall:
        (1)    Investigate to determine the facts of record; and
        (2)    Send a certified statement of the facts to the Secretary.
    (d)    A county registrar shall investigate and inform the Secretary in full of any violation or suspected violation of this subtitle.
    (e)    (1)    If the Secretary corrects a death or fetal death record, the Secretary shall send a notice of the correction to the county registrar for the county where the event occurred. The county registrar shall enter the correction on the county registrar’s record by photographic, electronic, or other means prescribed by the Secretary.
        (2)    If a discrepancy exists between the record of the Secretary and the record of a county registrar, the record of the Secretary shall be considered correct.

Structure Maryland Statutes

Maryland Statutes

Health - General

Title 4 - Statistics and Records

Subtitle 2 - Vital Statistics and Records

Section 4-201 - Definitions

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 4-217 - Copies of Birth, Death, Fetal Death, or Marriage Certificates; Commemorative Birth Certificates; Security Protocols

Section 4-218 - Population Estimates

Section 4-219 - Reports

Section 4-220 - Copies of Vital Records -- Statistical Purposes

Section 4-221 - Copies of Vital Records -- Special Projects

Section 4-222 - Disclosure of Birth Record Information for Subsequent Children of Parents Responsible for Child Abuse or Neglect

Section 4-223 - Use of Copies of Vital Records as Evidence

Section 4-224 - Disclosure of Records

Section 4-225 - Enforcement of Subtitle

Section 4-226 - Prohibited Acts

Section 4-227 - Penalties