Ch. 324                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(II)     TO A PERSON IN INTEREST]

(III)   IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SUBPOENA OR COURT ORDER; OR

(IV)    TO A SPOUSE, ADULT CHILD, PARENT, ADULT SIBLING
GRANDPARENT, OR GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
DISCHARGE PAPERS; OR

(V) FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, TO A RELATIVE OF THE PERSON
WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DISCHARGE PAPERS, IF THE REQUEST FOR
INSPECTION IS MADE AT LEAST 70 YEARS AFTER THE DISCHARGE PAPERS WERE
PRESENTED FOR RECORDING.

(2) A CLERK MAY PROVIDE A CERTIFIED COPY OF A RECORD DESCRIBED
IN THIS SECTION ONLY TO:

(I)      TO A PARTY IN A CASE CIVIL, ADMINISTRATIVE, OR CRIMINAL
PROCEEDING IN A FEDERAL OR STATE COURT OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY, OR THE
PARTY'S ATTORNEY IN THE CASE, WHO PRESENTS EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
CLERK THAT THE CERTIFIED COPY IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMISSION IN.
EVIDENCE IN THE CASE PROCEEDING; OR

(II)     TO A PERSON IN INTEREST;

(III)   IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SUBPOENA OR COURT ORDER; OR

(IV) TO A SPOUSE, ADULT CHILD, PARENT, ADULT SIBLING,
GRANDPARENT, OR GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
DISCHARGE PAPERS; OR

(V) FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, TO A RELATIVE OF THE PERSON
WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DISCHARGE PAPERS, IF THE REQUEST FOR A
CERTIFIED COPY IS MADE AT LEAST 70 YEARS AFTER THE DISCHARGE PAPERS WERE
PRESENTED FOR RECORDING.

Article - State Government

10-611.

(e) "Person in interest" means:

(1)     a person or governmental unit that is the subject of a public record or
a designee of the person or governmental unit;

(2)     if the person has a legal disability, the parent or legal representative
of the person; or

(3)     as to requests for correction of certificates of death under §
5-310(d)(2) of the Health - General Article, the spouse, adult child, parent, adult
sibling, grandparent, or guardian of the person of the deceased at the time of the
deceased's death.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

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