PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 97

(e) (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 BY PHOTOGRAPHIC, ELECTRONIC, OR OTHER MEANS
PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY.

(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.

4-207.

(a)     (1) Each certificate of birth, death, or fetal death shall be[:

(1)     Typed or written plainly] TYPED OR PRINTED LEGIBLY in [indelible]
UNFADING BLACK ink, OR STORED ON ELECTRONIC MEDIA APPROVED BY THE
SECRETARY[; and].

(2)     [Signed by the individual who is required to make the record.] THE
PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE RECORD SHALL ATTEST TO ITS
ACCURACY EITHER BY SIGNATURE OR BY APPROVED ELECTRONIC PROCESS.

(b)     A certificate is not complete or correct if it does not give each item of required
information to the extent the information is obtainable.

4-211.

(a)     Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall make
a new certificate of birth for an individual if the Department receives satisfactory proof
that:

(1)     The individual was born in this State; and

(2)     Regardless of the location, one of the following has occurred;

(i) The previously unwed parents of the individual have married each
other after the birth of the individual;

(ii) A court of competent jurisdiction has entered an order as to the
parentage, legitimation, or adoption of the individual; or

(iii) If a father is not named on an earlier certificate of birth:

1.       The father of the individual has acknowledged himself by
affidavit to be the father; and

2.       The mother of the individual has consented by affidavit to
the acknowledgment.

(b)     Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary may make a
new certificate of birth for an individual who was born outside the United States if one of
the following occurred in this State:

(1) The previously unwed parents of the individual have married each other
after the birth of the individual;

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