Maryland Department of Health
Maryland Department of Health
Additional Info
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