Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Section 4-508 - Persons Other Than Donor -- Procedure for Making Gift

(a)    A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4–507 of this subtitle may make an anatomical gift:
        (1)    By a document of gift signed by the person making the gift; or
        (2)    By an oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
    (b)    (1)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under § 4–507 of this subtitle may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by a reasonably available member of a prior class.
        (2)    If more than one member of a prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under § 4–507 of this subtitle may be:
            (i)    Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amendment; or
            (ii)    Revoked only if:
                1.    A majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revocation; or
                2.    The reasonably available members are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
    (c)    A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor’s body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

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