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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.03.01.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="01" heading="Preparation of Certificates.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual who prepares a birth, death, or fetal death certificate shall file the record using the electronic vital records registration system maintained by the Department unless otherwise directed by the Secretary.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Electronic registration may be phased in, as determined by the Secretary, until an electronic vital records registration system is fully implemented.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An institution, mortician, or attending clinician filing fewer than 10 certificates in a calendar year may not be required to use an electronic vital records registration system.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An individual who files a record using an electronic vital records registration system shall attest to the record’s accuracy by electronic signature.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An individual who is required to file records via the electronic vital records registration system:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall participate in training, as determined by the Secretary, on the proper use of the system; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May be required to successfully complete a certification test on the proper filing of vital records before being granted access to the system.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A record that is not prepared electronically shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Typed or written plainly in black unfading ink; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Signed in black unfading ink to attest to the accuracy of the record.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>