The purpose of these regulations is to describe the Voluntary Parentage Acknowledgment Program.

Authority: Family Law Article, §§5-1028 and 10-114; Health-General Article, §4-208; Annotated Code of Maryland
Federal Regulatory Reference — 45 CFR §§302.70 and 303.5; 42 U.S.C. §666(a)(5)(C), (D), and (E)

Effective date: June 19, 1995 (22:12 Md. R. 900)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 07.07.07 to COMAR 07.07.13 effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 482)

Chapter revised effective October 15, 2001 (28:20 Md. R. 1781)

Regulation .01 amended effective August 10, 2020 (47:16 Md. R. 737)

Regulation .02 amended effective August 10, 2020 (47:16 Md. R. 737)

Regulation .03 amended effective August 10, 2020 (47:16 Md. R. 737)

Regulation .03A amended effective January 6, 2005 (31:26 Md. R. 1860); February 26, 2007 (34:4 Md. R. 399)

Regulation .04 amended effective August 10, 2020 (47:16 Md. R. 737)