# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 5. Death

### Subtitle 11

#### Section 5-1106

(a) A local team may request records under this section under the authority of the State Team.

(b) On request of the chair of a local team and as necessary to carry out the purpose and duties of the local team, a health care provider or a local government agency shall immediately provide to the local team any records of the health care provider or local government agency necessary to complete the review of a specific fatality, including:

  (1) Hospital records;

  (2) Outpatient clinic, health care provider, and laboratory records;

  (3) Police investigative data;

  (4) Medical examiner investigative data;

  (5) Cause of death information in vital records;

  (6) Social services records; and

  (7) Other records from local offices, agencies, and departments.

(c) The local team may request that a person with direct knowledge of circumstances surrounding a fatality provide the local team with the information necessary to complete review of the particular fatality, including information from:

  (1) A health care provider or staff involved in the care of the decedent; and

  (2) The person who first responded to a report concerning the decedent.

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