Section 5-402 – Board Established

    There is a State Anatomy Board in the Department.

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]