# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 4. Statistics and Records

### Subtitle 2. Vital Statistics and Records

#### Section 4-207

(a)

  (1) Each certificate of birth, death, or fetal death shall be typed or printed legibly in unfading black ink, or stored on electronic media approved by the Secretary.

  (2) The person who is required to complete the record shall attest to its accuracy either by signature or by approved electronic process.

(b) A certificate is not complete or correct if it does not give each item of required information to the extent the information is obtainable.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)