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thereunder by the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene to pro-
tect the integrity and accuracy of vital records.

(2)  In the event of an alteration of any certificate of birth or
death the facts shall be properly certified to the State Board of
Health and Mental Hygiene and entered in red ink with the date of
the amendment and over the signature or initials of an authorized
representative of the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(3)   Upon receipt of a court order or a certified copy thereof chang-
ing the name of a person born in this State and upon request of such
person or his parent, guardian, or legal representative, the State
Board of Health and Mental Hygiene or its authorized agent shall
amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.

(b) New Certificates of Birth Following Adoption, Legitimation
and Paternity Determination.

(1) A new certificate of birth shall be made for a person whenever
the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene receives proof satis-
factory to it:

(i)  That the previously unwed parents of the person have inter-
married subsequent to the birth of such person; or that a court of
competent jurisdiction has entered a judgment order or decree relat-
ing to the parentage or adoption of the person.

(ii) That the person was born in Maryland and the legitimation,
adoption or other court action specified in paragraph (i) above took
place in Maryland or outside of Maryland. In its discretion the State
Board of Health and Mental Hygiene may also issue new certificates
of birth for persons born outside of the United States if the legitima-
tion, adoption or other court action specified in paragraph (i) above
took place in Maryland.

(2)  No new certificate of birth shall be established, if so requested
by the court decreeing the adoption, or the adoptive parents, or by
the adopted person, if of legal age.

(3)   The new certificate shall be in the form prescribed by the State
Board of Health and Mental Hygiene, and shall be prepared on the
following basis: Such person shall be treated as having had at birth
THE status subsequently acquired or established and of which proof
is submitted: where such person is illegitimate and paternity has
been established by legal proceedings the name of such father shall
be inserted; where such person has been adopted the name of such
child shall be that fixed by the decree of adoption and the foster
parents shall be recorded as the parents of such child.

(4) When a new certificate of birth is made, the State Board of
Health and Mental Hygiene shall substitute such new certificate of
birth for the certificate then on file, if any. The State Board of Health
and Mental Hygiene shall place the original certificate of birth and
all papers pertaining to the new certificate of birth under seal. Such
seal shall not be broken except by order of a court of competent juris-
diction or on written order of the authorized agent of the State
Board of Health and Mental Hygiene. Thereafter, when a certified
copy of the certificate of birth of such a person is issued, it shall be
a copy of the new certificate of birth, except when an order of a court
of competent jurisdiction shall require the issuance of a copy of the
original certificate of birth.