2010 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
TITLE 4 - WILLS
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Anatomical Gift Act
Section 4-502 - Legislative policy; purpose of subtitle.
§ 4-502. Legislative policy; purpose of subtitle.
(a) Legislative policy.- Because of the rapid medical progress in the field of tissue and organ preservation, the transplantation of tissue, and tissue culture, and because it is in the public interest to aid the development of this field of medicine, it is the policy and purpose of the General Assembly of Maryland in enacting this subtitle to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medical research by facilitating authorizations for premortem and postmortem donations of tissue and organs.
(b) Purpose of subtitle.- It is the purpose of this subtitle to regulate only the gift of a body or parts of a body to be made after the death of a donor.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 140; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1998, chs. 1, 2.]
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