Maryland Estates and Trusts Section 4-504

      (a)      The persons listed in this section are eligible to receive gifts of human bodies or parts of them for the purposes stated.

      (b)      (1)      Any licensed hospital, surgeon, or physician may receive a gift for medical education, research, advancement of medical science, therapy, or transplantation to individuals.

            (2)      A licensed hospital, surgeon, or physician that receives a gift for the purpose of a transplantation may not bill the estate of the donor, a surviving spouse of the donor, any heirs of the donor, or an insurer of the donor for the costs associated with the removal of the gift.

      (c)      An accredited medical school, college, or university engaged in medical education or research may receive a gift for therapy, educational research, or medical science purposes.

      (d)      Any licensed person operating a bank or storage facility for blood, arteries, eyes, pituitaries, or other human parts may receive a gift for use in medical education, research, therapy, or transplantation to individuals.

      (e)      Any specified donee may receive a gift for therapy or transplantation needed by him.

      (f)      The federally designated organ procurement organization for the region in which the hospital is located may receive a gift for use in accordance with federal and State policies regarding organ allocation.