HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(1)  INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE THE FACTS OF
RECORD; AND

(2)  SEND A CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF THE FACTS TO
THE SECRETARY.

(D)  VIOLATIONS.

A COUNTY REGISTRAR SHALL INVESTIGATE AND INFORM THE
SECRETARY IN FULL OF ANY VIOLATION OR SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

(E)  CHANGES IN RECORDS; DISCREPANCIES.

(1)  IF THE SECRETARY CORRECTS A BIRTH, DEATH, OR
FETAL DEATH RECORD, THE SECRETARY SHALL SEND A NOTICE OF THE
CORRECTION TO THE COUNTY REGISTRAR FOR THE COUNTY WHERE THE
EVENT OCCURRED. THE COUNTY REGISTRAR SHALL ENTER THE
CORRECTION IN RED INK ON THE COUNTY REGISTRAR'S RECORD.

(2)  IF A DISCREPANCY EXISTS BETWEEN THE RECORD
OF THE SECRETARY AND THE RECORD OF A COUNTY REGISTRAR, THE
RECORD OF THE SECRETARY SHALL BE CONSIDERED CORRECT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43, § 24(b), (c), and the first and second
sentences of (a).

Throughout this section, the defined term "county
registrar" is substituted for references to
"health officer{s}, for clarity. Similarly,
in subsection (e)(1) of this section, the phrase
"county registrar for the county where the event
occurred" is substituted for "appropriate health
officer".

In subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this section,
the references to "fetal death" are added to
conform to the reference in subsection (e)(1) of
this section.

In subsection (c) of this section, the phrase
"county birth, death, or fetal death record" is
substituted for the overly broad reference to
"vital records", since county marriage, divorce,
and annulment records are not covered by this
section. See Article 62, § 18 of the Code and §
4-206 of this subtitle.

The third sentence of former Article 43, § 24(a),
which provided for disposal of death records that
are 3 years old, is deleted as unnecessary since
Article 54, § 8 of the Code generally provides