Chapter 10.03.01 - Vital Records

  1. § 10.03.01.01 - Definitions
  2. § 10.03.01.02 - Preparation of Certificates
  3. § 10.03.01.03 - Birth Registration
  4. § 10.03.01.04 - Delayed Birth Registration
  5. § 10.03.01.05 - Death Registration - Fetal Deaths
  6. § 10.03.01.06 - Transportation of Human Remains - Burial-Transit Permit
  7. § 10.03.01.07 - Disinterment and Reinterment Permits
  8. § 10.03.01.08 - Inspection of Records and Disclosure of Information
  9. § 10.03.01.09 - Inspection of Records and Disclosure of Information - Maryland Certificate of Foreign Birth
  10. § 10.03.01.10 - Birth Certificate of a Deceased Person
  11. § 10.03.01.11 - Verification of Data
  12. § 10.03.01.12 - Reports of Divorce and Annulment
  13. § 10.03.01.13 - Commemorative Birth Certificate
  14. § 10.03.01.14 - Death Certificate - Amendment
  15. § 10.03.01.15 - Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth
  16. § 10.03.01.16 - Births Outside an Institution

Notes

Effective date: October 7, 1963
Amended effective January 1, 1965; May 16, 1966; January 1, 1970
Regulations .01-.09 repealed effective November 30, 1987 (14:24 Md. R. 2555)
Annotation: COMAR 10.03.01.07 cited in Attorney General Opinion No. 85-035 (December 31, 1985)
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Regulations .01-.10 adopted effective November 30, 1987 (14:24 Md. R. 2555)
Regulation .01B amended effective August 17, 1992 (19:16 Md. R. 1474); January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2027); January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 75); February 19, 2001 (28:3 Md. R. 205)
Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective September 8, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1327); amended permanently effective December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1740)
Regulation .01B amended effective October 8, 2007 (34:20 Md. R. 1736); June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 837)
Regulation .02 amended effective August 25, 1997 (24:17 Md. R. 1214)
Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective December 18, 2002 (30:1 Md. R. 21)
Regulation .02 amended effective March 31, 2003 (30:6 Md. R. 420)
Regulation .02A, E amended effective June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 837)
Regulation .02C amended effective September 13, 1993 (20:18 Md. R. 1430)
Regulation .02D amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2027)
Regulation .03B amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2027)
Regulation .05 amended effective February 19, 2001 (28:3 Md. R. 205)
Regulation .06 amended effective February 19, 2001 (28:3 Md. R. 205)
Regulation .07 amended effective January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 75)
Regulation .07 amended as an emergency provision effective December 18, 2002 (30:1 Md. R. 21)
Regulation .07 amended as an emergency provision effective September 8, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1327); amended permanently effective December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1740)
Regulation .07 amended effective October 8, 2007 (34:20 Md. R. 1736)
Regulation .07A amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2027); August 25, 1997 (24:17 Md. R. 1214)
Regulation .07B amended effective August 17, 1992 (19:16 Md. R. 1474); January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2027); June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 837); October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1591)
Regulation .07C amended effective August 17, 1992 (19:16 Md. R. 1474)
Regulation .07D amended effective February 19, 2001 (28:3 Md. R. 205)
Regulation .07E amended effective July 9, 1990 (17:13 Md. R. 1610)
Regulation .07G amended effective January 17, 2005 (32:1 Md. R. 27)
Regulation .07H amended effective July 9, 1990 (17:13 Md. R. 1610); June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 837)
Regulation .07-1 adopted effective March 31, 2003 (30:6 Md. R. 420)
Regulation .09 amended as an emergency provision effective December 18, 2002 (30:1 Md. R. 21)
Regulation .09 amended effective March 31, 2003 (30:6 Md. R. 420); June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 837)
Regulation .11 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 20, 1989 (16:3 Md. R. 336); adopted permanently effective July 10, 1989 (16:13 Md. R. 1421)
Regulation .11 repealed effective June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 837)
Regulation .12 adopted as an emergency provision effective November 15, 1989 (16:26 Md. R. 2782); adopted permanently effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 297)
Regulation .12 amended effective February 18, 1991 (18:3 Md. R. 305)
Regulation .12 amended as an emergency provision effective September 8, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1327); amended permanently effective December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1740)
Regulation .12B amended effective November 23, 2006 (33:23 Md. R. 1794)
Regulation .13 adopted effective August 17, 1992 (19:16 Md. R. 1474)
Regulation .14 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 8, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1327); adopted permanently effective December 11, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1740)
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Chapter revised effective January 9, 2012 (38:27 Md. R. 1764)
Regulation .01B amended effective October 28, 2013 (40:21 Md. R. 1774)
Regulation .03C amended effective January 18, 2016 (43:1 Md. R. 13)
Regulation .08B amended effective February 13, 2017 (44:3 Md. R. 188)
Regulation .08I, J amended effective August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)
Regulation .13 amended effective April 15, 2013 (40:7 Md. R. 610)
Regulation .14A amended effective October 28, 2013 (40:21 Md. R. 1774)
Regulation .01 .03, .05, .06, and .10 and .16 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 578)

Authority: Health-General Article, §§ 4-201, 4-203, 4-207, 4-208, 4-215, and 4-217, Annotated Code of Maryland

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