WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 464

CHAPTER 464

(House Bill 797)

AN ACT concerning

Birth Certificates - Parents' Social Security Numbers

FOR the purpose of requiring the form the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene prepares for use as birth certificates to
contain wording that requests the parents to indicate their
social security numbers; providing for the application of
this Act; and generally relating to birth certificates.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 4-208 and 4-211(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 4-211(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

4-208.

(a) (1) Within 72 hours after a birth occurs in an
institution, the administrative head of the institution or a
designee of the administrative head shall:

(i) Prepare, on the form that the Secretary
provides, a certificate of birth;

(ii) Secure each signature that is required on
the certificate; and

(iii) File the certificate.

(2) The attending physician shall provide or confirm
the date of birth and medical information that are required on
the certificate.

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