Md. Code, Health - General § 5-604.1
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§5–604.
Official statutory text
§5–604.1.
(a) An advance directive may contain a statement by a declarant that the declarant consents to the gift of all or any part of the declarant’s body for any one or more of the purposes specified in Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Estates and Trusts Article.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an anatomical gift in an advance directive is valid and effective for all purposes under Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Estates and Trusts Article, including the immunity from civil or criminal liability set forth in § 4–514 of the Estates and Trusts Article.
(a) An advance directive may contain a statement by a declarant that the declarant consents to the gift of all or any part of the declarant’s body for any one or more of the purposes specified in Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Estates and Trusts Article.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an anatomical gift in an advance directive is valid and effective for all purposes under Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Estates and Trusts Article, including the immunity from civil or criminal liability set forth in § 4–514 of the Estates and Trusts Article.
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