MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Section 19(b)(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 19(b)(1) of Article 43 - Health,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

19.

(b) (1) A new certificate of birth shall be made
for a person whenever the [State Board] DEPARTMENT of
Health and Mental Hygiene receives proof satisfactory to

it:

(i) That the previously unwed parents
of the person have intermarried subsequent to the birth
of such person; or that a court of competent jurisdiction
has entered a judgment order or decree relating to the
parentage OR NONPARENTAGE or adoption of the person.

(II) THAT, WHEN NO FATHER IS NAMED ON
THE CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH, THE FATHER OF THE PERSON HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED HIMSELF, [[IN WRITING]] BY AFFIDAVIT, TO BE
THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER OF THE [[PRSON]] PERSON HAS
CONSENTED [[IN WRITING]] BY AFFIDAVIT TO THIS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 118
(Senate Bill 56)
AN ACT concerning