(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death, a person may not for valuable consideration knowingly purchase or sell the part for transplantation or therapy.
(2) A person that violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.
(b) (1) A person may charge a reasonable amount of money for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
(2) The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to blood and plasma.
(c) (1) A person may not, in order to obtain financial gain, intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface, or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal.
(2) A person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Section 4-502 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 4-503 - General Consideration
Section 4-504 - Amendment or Revocation
Section 4-505 - Refusal to Make Gift
Section 4-506 - Powers of Persons Other Than Donor -- Gift or Refusal by Donor
Section 4-507 - Persons Other Than Donor -- Power to Make Gift
Section 4-508 - Persons Other Than Donor -- Procedure for Making Gift
Section 4-509 - Distribution of Gifts
Section 4-511 - Document of Gift or Refusal -- Delivery; Examination and Copying
Section 4-512 - Searches and Examinations by Procurement Organization on Referral by Hospital
Section 4-513 - Violations; Penalties; Permitted Acts and Exceptions
Section 4-515 - Validity of Document of Gift
Section 4-516 - Donor Registry
Section 4-517 - Conflicts With Advance Health Care Directives of Donor
Section 4-518 - Cooperation Between Ocme and Procurement Organizations
Section 4-520 - Construction of Subtitle
Section 4-521 - Subtitle Does Not Authorize Electronic Delivery of Notices