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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.35.01.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="35" chapter_num="01" heading="Completion of the Death Certificate.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When the medical examiner has made a determination of the cause and manner of death, the medical examiner shall complete the death certificate.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>On the death certificate the medical examiner shall enter the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name of the deceased;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cause of death and medical certification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Date and hour of death;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Place where death occurred; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Place where the body was found.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Medical Examiner shall record the manner of death under the section of the certificate designated as the medical certification.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>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”.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>