# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 35 — Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

### Chapter 01 — Medical Examiner Cases

#### Regulation .05 Completion of the Death Certificate.

*COMAR 10.35.01.05*

A. When the medical examiner has made a determination of the cause and manner of death, the medical examiner shall complete the death certificate.

B. On the death certificate the medical examiner shall enter the:

  (1) Name of the deceased;

  (2) Cause of death and medical certification;

  (3) Date and hour of death;

  (4) Place where death occurred; and

  (5) Place where the body was found.

C. The Medical Examiner shall record the manner of death under the section of the certificate designated as the medical certification.

D. If the cause of death has not been established with reasonable medical certainty and further investigation is being conducted, the cause of death is left pending.

E. If the cause of death has not been established with reasonable medical certainty, and the investigation has been completed, the certificate shall be completed to reflect that the cause of death was “undetermined”, and the manner of death was “undetermined”.