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MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  4-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 4 - Statistics and Records|Subtitle 4 - Personal Medical Records|Section 4-401 - Concealment of Records and Reports

    (a)    In this section, “provider” means:        (1)    An acupuncturist;        (2)    A chiropractor;        (3)    A dentist;        (4)    A nurse;        (5)    An optometrist;        (6)    A physician;        (7)    A podiatrist; or        (8)    A person who is employed by or under contract with a hospital, nursing institution, or other health care provider.    (b)    A provider may not knowingly or willfully destroy, damage, alter, obliterate, or otherwise obscure a medical record, hospital report, laboratory report, X-ray report, or other information about a patient in an effort to conceal the information from use as evidence in an administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding.    (c)    A provider who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  4-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 4 - Statistics and Records|Subtitle 4 - Personal Medical Records|Section 4-402 - Recording Admission of Veterans

    On admission of a patient, a hospital, related institution, or mental health outpatient clinic shall record on the medical record whether the patient is a veteran of the United States armed forces.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 1 - "Body" Defined|Section 5-101 - "Body" Defined

    In this title, “body” means a dead human body.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 2 - Determination of Death|Section 5-201 - Scope of Subtitle

    Notwithstanding any other law, a pronouncement of death under this subtitle shall be used for all purposes in this State, including the trials of civil and criminal cases.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 2 - Determination of Death|Section 5-202 - Cessation of Circulatory and Respiratory or Brain Functions

    (a)    An individual is dead if, based on ordinary standards of medical practice, the individual has sustained either:        (1)    Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or        (2)    Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.    (b)    (1)    This subsection does not apply to the removal of a vital organ while the individual is alive, if the individual gives informed consent to the removal.        (2)    A pronouncement of death under this section shall be made before any vital organ is removed for transplantation.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-301 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Commission” means the State Postmortem Examiners Commission.    (c)    “Medical examiner’s case” means a death that a medical examiner is required by law to investigate.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-302 - Commission Established

    There is a State Postmortem Examiners Commission in the Department.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-303 - Membership; Officers

    (a)    The Commission consists of the following 5 members:        (1)    The Baltimore City Commissioner of Health;        (2)    The head of the Pathology Department of the University of Maryland School of Medicine;        (3)    The head of the Pathology Department of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;        (4)    The Secretary of State Police; and        (5)    A representative of the Department, chosen by the Secretary.    (b)    (1)    From among its members, the Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman.        (2)    The manner of election of officers and their terms of office shall be as the Commission determines.        (3)    The vice chairman shall act as chairman when the chairman is absent or cannot act.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-304 - Meetings; Compensation

    (a)    The Commission shall determine the times and places of its meetings.    (b)    A member of the Commission may not receive compensation.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-305 - Staff

    (a)    (1)    The Commission may employ a staff in accordance with the State budget for the operation of the Commission and to maintain accreditation.        (2)    The staff shall include:            (i)    1 chief medical examiner;            (ii)    2 deputy chief medical examiners;            (iii)    Assistant medical examiners;            (iv)    1 chief State toxicologist, 1 deputy chief State toxicologist, lead toxicologists, and assistant toxicologists;            (v)    1 serologist;            (vi)    4 resident medical doctors who are training in forensic pathology;            (vii)    1 chief forensic investigator, 2 deputy chief forensic investigators, lead forensic investigators, and assistant forensic investigators; and            (viii)    1 autopsy services supervisor, 1 deputy supervisor, lead autopsy technicians, and assistant autopsy technicians.        (3)    The Commission may employ any physician on a contract basis for part–time services.    (b)    (1)    The Chief Medical Examiner and deputy chief medical examiners shall be board certified in anatomic and forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology.        (2)    Assistant medical examiners appointed on or after October 1, 2008, shall be certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and forensic pathology or obtain that certification within 3 years of appointment.    (c)    With the approval of the Secretary of Budget and Management, the Commission shall set the compensation for personnel appointed under subsection (a)(2) of this section.    (d)    For the use of these medical examiners, the Commission shall see that proper equipment is provided.    (e)    The Chief Medical Examiner, a deputy chief medical examiner, or an assistant medical examiner shall be on call at all times to perform the duties set forth in this subtitle.    (f)    The State budget shall include an appropriation to carry out this subtitle, including provisions for:        (1)    The fee for an authorized pathologist;        (2)    The necessary expenses for transportation of a body for examination by a medical examiner or for autopsy; and        (3)    In the case of a victim of homicide, the necessary expenses for transportation of the body from the site of the autopsy or examination to a location within the State specified by the victim’s family.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-306 - Deputy Medical Examiners

    (a)    This section does not apply to Baltimore City.    (b)    (1)    The Commission may appoint one or more deputy medical examiners and forensic investigators for each county.        (2)    The Commission shall appoint a deputy medical examiner for a county from a list of qualified individuals submitted to the Commission by the medical society of the county. The number of names on the list shall be at least twice the number of vacancies. However, if a county does not have a medical society or if the medical society does not submit a list of names, the Commission may appoint a deputy medical examiner for the county without a list.    (c)    Each deputy medical examiner appointed under subsection (b) of this section shall be a physician.    (d)    If necessary, a deputy medical examiner may deputize another physician in the county to act as deputy medical examiner.    (e)    Each deputy medical examiner is entitled:        (1)    For each medical examiner’s case that the examiner investigates, to a fee that is set in accordance with the State budget;        (2)    If the examiner is called as a witness before a grand jury or in a criminal case, to the fee that the court sets; and        (3)    To any additional compensation that a county provides.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-307 - Rules and Regulations of Commission

    The Commission may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-308 - Limitations on Secretary

    (a)    The power of the Secretary over plans, proposals, and projects of units in the Department does not include the power to disapprove or modify any decision or determination that the Commission makes under authority specifically delegated by law to the Commission.    (b)    The power of the Secretary to transfer by rule, regulation, or written directive, any staff, functions, or funds of units in the Department does not apply to any staff, function, or funds of the Commission.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-311 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-311 - Records

    (a)    (1)    The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall keep complete records on each medical examiner’s case.        (2)    The records shall be indexed properly and include:            (i)    The name, if known, of the deceased;            (ii)    The place where the body was found;            (iii)    The date, cause, and manner of death; and            (iv)    All other available information about the death.    (b)    The original report of the medical examiner who investigates a medical examiner’s case and the findings and conclusions of any autopsy shall be attached to the record of the medical examiner’s case.    (c)    The Chief Medical Examiner or, if the Chief Medical Examiner is absent or cannot act, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner or an assistant medical examiner, and each deputy medical examiner promptly shall deliver to the State’s Attorney for the county where the body was found a copy of each record that relates to a death for which the medical examiner considers further investigation advisable. A State’s Attorney may obtain from the office of a medical examiner a copy of any record or other information that the State’s Attorney considers necessary.    (d)    (1)    In this subsection, “record”:            (i)    Means the result of an external examination of or an autopsy on a body; and            (ii)    Does not include a statement of a witness or other individual.        (2)    A record of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner or any deputy medical examiner, if made by the medical examiner or by anyone under the medical examiner’s direct supervision or control, or a certified transcript of that record, is competent evidence in any court in this State of the matters and facts contained in it.    (e)    (1)    The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall charge a reasonable fee for reports as specified in a schedule of fees defined in the regulations of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.        (2)    A deputy medical examiner may keep any fee collected by the deputy medical examiner.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-312 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission|Section 5-312 - Oaths, Affidavits, and Examinations

    Subject to the limitations in § 5-311(c) of this subtitle, a medical examiner may administer oaths, take affidavits, and make examinations as to any matter within the medical examiner’s jurisdiction.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-401 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Board” means the State Anatomy Board.    (c)    “Medical study program” means any research or teaching activity conducted at or under the sponsorship of a hospital or other institution devoted to research, teaching, or study of medicine, dentistry, or any related health profession or advanced human biological science.    (d)    “Public officer” means an officer of this State or of a county or other political subdivision of this State.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-402 - Board Established

    There is a State Anatomy Board in the Department.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-403 - Membership; Officers

    (a)    (1)    The Board consists of:            (i)    1 member of the Anatomy Department of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry; and            (ii)    2 members of the anatomy department of each medical school in this State.        (2)    The administrative officer of each school shall name the members from that school.    (b)    (1)    From among its members, the Board every 2 years shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman.        (2)    The manner of election of officers shall be as the Board determines.        (3)    The vice chairman shall act as chairman when the chairman is absent or cannot act.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-404 - Meetings; Compensation

    (a)    The Board shall determine the times and places of its meetings.    (b)    A member of the Board:        (1)    May not receive compensation; but        (2)    Is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-404.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-404.1 - Powers and Duties

    In addition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board has the following powers and duties:         (1)    To adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this title; and        (2)    To set reasonable fees, by regulation, for its services.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-405 - Limitations on Secretary

    (a)    The power of the Secretary over plans, proposals, and projects of units in the Department does not include the power to disapprove or modify any decision or determination that the Board makes under authority specifically delegated by law to the Board.    (b)    The power of the Secretary to transfer by rule, regulation, or written directive, any staff, functions, or funds of units in the Department does not apply to any staff, function, or funds of the Board.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-406 - Unclaimed Bodies

    (a)    (1)    A public officer who has control of a body immediately shall notify the chairman of the Board if, after a reasonable search, the public officer has not found a person who will take control of the body for its final disposition.        (2)    Subject to the limitations imposed on nursing homes under § 10–214 of the Human Services Article, any other person who has control of a body may notify the Board if, after a reasonable search, the person has not found a person who will take control of the body for its final disposition.    (b)    (1)    Subject to the time limitations in this subsection, when the Board is notified of the existence of a body, the Board may remove the body to a morgue in Baltimore City that the Board designates for that purpose.        (2)    If the person who notifies the Board can refrigerate the body suitably, the body may be removed only at the expiration of 72 hours after death.        (3)    If the person who notifies the Board cannot refrigerate the body suitably, the body may be removed as soon as feasible after death, and, on arrival at the morgue, shall be refrigerated until the expiration of 72 hours after death.    (c)    (1)    On expiration of 72 hours after death, the body shall be under the exclusive control of the Board and may be embalmed.        (2)    If the body is embalmed, it shall be embalmed in a proper manner by an individual whom the Board designates.        (3)    Any relative or friend of the deceased may claim the body and, on payment to the Board of its cost of moving and embalming the body, shall receive it.        (4)    The Board may waive its costs under this section upon a showing of hardship by the relative or friend.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-406.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-406.1 - Donated Body

    (a)    Any person who has custody of a donated body immediately shall notify the chairman of the Board.    (b)    When the Board is notified of the existence of a donated body, the Board may remove the body to a designated morgue in Baltimore City.    (c)    (1)    The donated body shall be under the exclusive control of the Board and may be embalmed.        (2)    If the body is embalmed, it shall be embalmed in a proper manner by an individual whom the Board designates.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-407 - Distribution and Use of Bodies or Body Parts

    The Board shall first distribute bodies or body parts that are under its exclusive control equitably among the schools described in § 5-403 of this subtitle, and then, at the Board’s discretion, distribute bodies or body parts to other medical study programs. These bodies or body parts may be used only for the promotion and application of medical sciences.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-408 - Buying, Selling, or Transporting Bodies

    (a)    (1)    A person may not sell or buy any body or any part of a body that is under the exclusive control of the Board.        (2)    A person other than a nonprofit organization that qualifies under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, may not sell, buy, or act as a broker for a profit in the transfer of any human organ that:            (i)    Is removed from a human body that is alive or dead at the time of removal; and            (ii)    Is not under the exclusive control of the Board.        (3)    In this section, “human organ” does not include blood and plasma.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a person may not send, transport, or permit or cause to be sent or transported out of the State any body or any part of a body that is under the exclusive control of the Board.        (2)    The Board may authorize, by regulation, the transporting of human specimens under its exclusive control to an out–of–state medical study program, provided that:            (i)    The needs of the schools of the State are met;            (ii)    The requesting party demonstrates the need for a specimen;            (iii)    The circumstances of the request are that:                1.    No other sufficient source of specimens within the requesting state exists; or                2.    A preexisting organ tissue donation was made by an individual in compliance with the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;            (iv)    The requesting party bears the responsibility for transporting and the specialized care of the specimen and all associated costs; and            (v)    The Board retains the right of exclusive control of the specimen including the final disposition when appropriate or necessary to fulfill an obligation to return the remains of a donated specimen to the donor’s family.        (3)    The Board may authorize a physician, teacher, demonstrator, or investigator of advanced human biological sciences to send or transport human specimens out of the State for use by medical study programs.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-408.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-408.1 - Disposition of Body by Will

    Except as provided in § 5–408(a)(2) of this subtitle, this subtitle does not deny the right of a donor to provide by a document described in § 5–509 of this title for the ultimate disposition and repose of the donor’s last remains.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board|Section 5-409 - Penalties

    (a)    A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.    (b)    A public officer or an officer or employee of any institution who neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 for each offense.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 5-501 - Consent for Postmortem Examination

    (a)    Consent for a postmortem examination of a body by a physician is sufficient if the consent is given as provided in this section.    (b)    (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.    (c)    The consent may be in the form of:        (1)    A written document;        (2)    A telegram; or        (3)    A recorded telephonic or other recorded message.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  5-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 5 - Death|Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 5-502 - Cremation -- Required Identification and Authorization

    (a)    This section does not apply to the disposition of a body by a school of medicine or dentistry.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may not cremate a body until it has been identified by:        (1)    The next of kin;        (2)    A person who is authorized to arrange for final disposition of the body under §§ 5-508 through 5-512 of this subtitle; or        (3)    A medical examiner.    (c)    If a person who is authorized to arrange for final disposition of a body is not available to identify the body and authorize cremation, that person may delegate that authority to another person by sending to the delegate an electronic communication that contains the name, address, and relationship of the sender to the deceased and the name and address of the individual to whom authority is delegated. Written authorization shall follow by mail but does not take precedence over the electronic communication authorizing the identification and cremation.