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Maryland Department of Health

Maryland Department of Health

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Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Parent/Parent

Birth Record Parentage-Two or More Parent Certificates : No

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : No

Data Use-Require Agreement for Partners Within Health Department : Yes

Data Use-Require Agreement for External Partners : Yes

Data Use-Allowed to Charge for Sharing Data : No

Data Use-How Do You Share : Secure Email, Secure Network Folder

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : Suppress rates based on <5 events in the numerator

EBRS-Vendor : Netsmart

EBRS-System Name : EVRS

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : MDH/VSA

EDRS-System Name : EDRS

EDRS-Geocoding Software/Vendor (if applicable) : External Geocoding via ArcGIS

EDRS-VIEWS : VIEWS II

Fees-Birth Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $10 after the first year

Fees-Death Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $10.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Additional Divorce Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $12.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $10 after the first year

Fees-Amending Medical Items : $10.00

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Yes

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No

Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : after 100 years

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : They are available from the State Archives after 10 years, and after 50 years from the Division of Vital Records.

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 5 calendar days

Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 72 hours

Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 3.6 days

Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 7.2 days

Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, Not Yet Determined

Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : No

Sex Designation-Sex on death record : Male, Female, Unknown

Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Court ordered amendment or signed statement from a licensed health care practitioner.

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Court order or birth record or driver's license

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : Maryland Health General 4-211

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