2013 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
§ 4-506 - Powers of persons other than donor -- Gift or refusal by donor.

§4-506.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made:

(1) An anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-503 of this subtitle; or

(2) An amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle.

(b) A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in § 4-501 or § 4-507 of this subtitle from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-503 or § 4-508 of this subtitle.

(c) If a person other than a donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-503 of this subtitle, or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4-508 of this subtitle.

(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under § 4-504 of this subtitle by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under § 4-503 or § 4-508 of this subtitle.

(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4-503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part is not a refusal to give another part or a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.

(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4-503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in § 4-503 of this subtitle is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any other purpose by the donor or other person under § 4-503 or § 4-508 of this subtitle.

(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the donor may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.

(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the minor may revoke the minor’s refusal.