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2017 Maryland Code
Health - General
Title 5 - Death
Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 5-501. Consent for postmortem examination
Universal Citation: MD Health-Gen Code § 5-501 (2017)
- (a) In general. -- Consent for a postmortem examination of a body by a physician is sufficient if the consent is given as provided in this section.
- (b) Persons authorized to consent. --
- (1) The consent may be given by any one of the following persons if that person, whether alone or with another, has assumed control of the body for its final disposition:
- (i) A parent;
- (ii) A spouse;
- (iii) A domestic partner;
- (iv) A child;
- (v) A guardian;
- (vi) A next of kin; or
- (vii) In the absence of these persons, any other person.
- (2) If a person does not assume control of a body under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the consent may be given by the State Anatomy Board.
- (1) The consent may be given by any one of the following persons if that person, whether alone or with another, has assumed control of the body for its final disposition:
- (c) Form of consent. -- The consent may be in the form of:
- (1) A written document;
- (2) A telegram; or
- (3) A recorded telephonic or other recorded message.
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