COMCOR 02.42A.04 Death Certificate Fee

1. Section 4-217(d), of Health-General Article, Annotated Code of Maryland authorizes each county local health department to set and collect a fee for processing and issuing a death certificate that covers the administration cost of providing this service. The fee set by the local health department for processing and issuing a death certificate as determined by the Health Officer.

2. Section 2-42A(e), Montgomery County Code, as amended, requires that fees for Department of Health and Human Services services be established by the County Executive who may from time to time change them in an amount not to exceed the cost of the services provided.

3. The fee to be charged for the preparation of a death certificate will be determined by the Health Officer based on the determination of the actual cost of processing and issuing a death certificate.

This regulation takes effect thirty (30) calendar days after the deadline for comments published in the Register.