§ 4-214. Amendments to certificate
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: October 1, 2020
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Health - General, § 4-214
§ 4-214. Amendments to certificate
(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 entered on the original certificate with the date of the amendment, over the signature or initials of a designee of the Secretary and with a line drawn through the original data.
(5) When an informant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the regulations for amending a vital record or when the Secretary has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statements or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the Secretary shall not amend the vital record and shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action and shall further advise the applicant of the right of appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings.
(c)(1) Except as provided in § 4-211(f) of this subtitle, on receipt of a court order that changes the name of an individual who was born in this State and on request of the individual or a parent, guardian, or legal representative of the individual, the Secretary shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.
(2)(i) The Department may change the name on a birth certificate once without a court order if, within 12 months after the birth, the Department receives from both parents named on the birth certificate of the child or, if only one parent is named, the parent named on the birth certificate of the child:
Credits
Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 361, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1983, c. 583, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1992, c. 162, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Acts 1995, c. 97, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2012, c. 353, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2015, c. 484, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 485, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2020, c. 526, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
Formerly Art. 43, § 19.
MD Code, Health - General, § 4-214, MD HEALTH GEN § 4-214
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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