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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 22.01.05.02" title_num="22" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="05" heading="Proof of Birth.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Individuals Required to Submit Proof of Birth.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>When an individual enrolls as a member of a State system, the individual shall submit documentation to verify the individual's date of birth to the Retirement Agency.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>On the request of the Retirement Agency, an individual who applies for an allowance shall submit documentation to verify the individual’s date of birth and the date of birth of any designated beneficiaries.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>On the request of the Retirement Agency, a participant or alternate payee who is or may become eligible to receive a benefit of any type under State Personnel and Pensions Article, Division II, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall submit documentation to the Retirement Agency to verify the individual’s date of birth.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An individual who is a United States citizen shall submit any one of the following documents to verify the individual’s date of birth:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Birth certificate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Adoption record;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Statement of age card from the county health department or United States Bureau of Vital Statistics;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>United States passport;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Naturalization records;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Census record from the United States Bureau of the Census;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Military documentation from any branch of the United States Armed Forces;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Hospital birth record, certified by the custodian of the record;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Unexpired driver's license; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Unexpired Maryland Identification Card issued by the Maryland State Motor Vehicle Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An individual who is not a United State citizen shall submit a permanent resident card to verify the individual’s date of birth.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Retirement Agency shall accept a photostatic or electronically imaged copy of any one of the documents listed in §B or C of this regulation, but reserves the right to require the individual to submit the original document from which the copy was made.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If an individual cannot obtain any of the documents listed in §B or C of this regulation, the Retirement Agency may determine an alternate form of documentation to verify the individual’s date of birth.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>