§ 4-201. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: June 1, 2019
Effective: June 1, 2019
MD Code, Health - General, § 4-201
§ 4-201. Definitions
(b) “Attending clinician” means the physician, nurse midwife, or direct-entry midwife in charge of a birth outside an institution.
(c) “Attending physician” means the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness or condition which resulted in death.
(e)(1) “Dead body” means:
(f) “Direct-entry midwife” means an individual licensed to practice direct-entry midwifery under Title 8, Subtitle 6C of the Health Occupations Article.
(h) “Fetal death” means death of a product of human conception, before its complete expulsion or extraction from the mother, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy, as indicated by the fact that, after the expulsion or extraction, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life, such as heart beat, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscle.
(i) “File” means to present for registration any certificate, report, or other record including records transmitted by approved electronic media, including facsimile, of birth, death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, or divorce for which this subtitle provides and to have the Secretary accept the record.
(j) “Filing date” means the date a vital record is accepted for registration by the Secretary.
(k) “Final disposition” means the burial, cremation, or other final disposition of a body or fetus.
(l) “Institution” means any public or private establishment:
(m) “Licensed health care practitioner” means:
(n) “Live birth” means the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of human conception from the mother, regardless of the period of gestation, if, after the expulsion or extraction, it breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as heart beat, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscle, whether or not the umbilical cord is cut or the placenta is attached.
(p) “Mortician” means a funeral director, mortician, or other person who is authorized to make final disposition of a body.
(q) “Nurse midwife” means an individual certified to practice as a nurse midwife under Title 8 of the Health Occupations Article.
(r) “Physician” means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy pursuant to the laws of this State.
(s) “Physician assistant” means an individual who is licensed under Title 15 of the Health Occupations Article to practice medicine with physician supervision.
(t) “Registration” means acceptance by the Secretary and incorporation in the records of the Department of any certificate, report, or other record of birth, death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, divorce, or dissolution or annulment of marriage for which this subtitle provides.
(u) “Vital record” means a certificate or report of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution or annulment of marriage, adoption, or adjudication of paternity that is required by law to be filed with the Secretary.
Credits
Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 97, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2013, c. 273, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 274, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2015, c. 484, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 485, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2017, c. 11, § 1, eff. April 4, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 437, § 1, eff. June 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 438, § 1, eff. June 1, 2019.
MD Code, Health - General, § 4-201, MD HEALTH GEN § 4-201
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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