1. A. The Department shall establish a Registry that is:

   1. (1) Secure, in accordance with data security standards customarily applied to the protection of electronic medical records; and
   2. (2) Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
2. B. The Department may provide for services related to the establishment and operation of the Registry through contract with a person or agency.

3. C. The Department or its contractor may store in the Registry only documents that are:

   1. (1) Identical to those submitted by the registrant; and
   2. (2) In a digital, read-only format preventing modification.
4. D. The Department shall destroy the paper copy of an advance directive submitted by a registrant when the paper copy has been fully and accurately converted to digital copy.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§5-620 — 5-626, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 6, 2007 (34:24 Md. R. 2158)

Regulation .05B amended effective August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)

Regulation .06 repealed effective August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)