PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 98

(5) A COPY OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE MAY BE GIVEN TO THE
MARYLAND IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION
RATES.

(c)     (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Department shall collect a $4
fee for each certified or abridged copy of a birth, death, fetal death, or marriage
certificate or for a report that a search of the files was made and the requested record is
not on file.

(2)     The Department may not collect a fee for a certificate requested by an
agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions.

(3)     The Secretary may waive all or part of a fee if chargeable to an agency of
the United States.

(d)     (1) Any local health department may set and collect a fee for processing and
issuing a death certificate that covers the administrative costs of providing this service.

(2) The fee set by the local health department for processing and issuing a
death certificate under this subsection may not exceed the actual costs to the local health
department for processing and issuing a death certificate.

(e)     The Secretary shall include with every copy of a death certificate, in a form
prescribed and provided by the Insurance Commissioner, a notice which advises that
certain individuals may be entitled to continuation of group health insurance benefits
under Article 48A, § 490G of the Code.

(f)     The Secretary shall include with every copy of a death certificate, in a form
prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner, a notice which advises that certain individuals
may be entitled to become members of the Maryland Group Health Insurance Plan under
Article 48A, §§ 610 through 616 of the Code.

(g)     A person may use a photocopy of a birth, death, fetal death, or marriage
certificate for any nonfraudulent and nondeceptive purpose.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved April 11, 1995.

CHAPTER 98
(House Bill 1071)

AN ACT concerning

Radiation Control - Definition of Person

FOR the purpose of clarifying a certain term for purposes of the radiation control statute;
and generally relating to radiation control.

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