To protect the integrity of vital records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the vital records system, a person may not, except as authorized in § 4–217, § 4–220, § 4–221, or § 4–222 of this subtitle or § 9–1015 of the State Government Article or by the rules and regulations of the Department:
(1) Permit inspection of or disclose any information contained in a vital record; or
(2) Copy or issue a copy of all or part of any vital record.
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