TITLE 5 - DEATH
- Subtitle 1 - "Body" Defined
- Subtitle 2 - Determination of Death
- Subtitle 3 - Postmortem Examiners Commission
- Section 5-301 - Definitions.
- Section 5-302 - Commission established.
- Section 5-303 - Membership; officers.
- Section 5-304 - Meetings; compensation.
- Section 5-305 - Staff.
- Section 5-306 - Deputy medical examiners.
- Section 5-307 - Rules and regulations of Commission.
- Section 5-308 - Limitations on Secretary.
- Section 5-309 - Medical examiner's cases.
- Section 5-310 - Autopsies.
- Section 5-311 - Records.
- Section 5-312 - Oaths, affidavits, and examinations.
- Subtitle 4 - Anatomy Board
- Section 5-401 - Definitions.
- Section 5-402 - Board established.
- Section 5-403 - Membership; officers.
- Section 5-404 - Meetings; compensation.
- Section 5-404.1 - Powers and duties.
- Section 5-405 - Limitations on Secretary.
- Section 5-406 - Unclaimed bodies.
- Section 5-406.1 - Donated body.
- Section 5-407 - Distribution and use of bodies or body parts.
- Section 5-408 - Buying, selling, or transporting bodies.
- Section 5-408.1 - Disposition of body by will.
- Section 5-409 - Penalties.
- Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
- Section 5-501 - Consent for postmortem examination.
- Section 5-502 - Cremation - Required identification and authorization.
- Section 5-503 - Cremation - Time interval.
- Section 5-504 - Transporting to crematory.
- Section 5-505 - Use of casket.
- Section 5-506 - Control of body by health officer.
- Section 5-507 - Penalty.
- Section 5-508 - Definitions.
- Section 5-509 - Disposition of body other than by will.
- Section 5-510 - Disposition of body other than by will - Failure to agree on disposition.
- Section 5-511 - Reliance on authorizing agent's representations; duty to investigate; filing to become authorizing agent.
- Section 5-512 - Authorizing agent as personal representative not required; documents negating cremation.
- Subtitle 6 - Health Care Decisions Act
- Section 5-601 - Definitions.
- Section 5-601.1 - Electronic signatures.
- Section 5-602 - Procedure for making advance directive; notice to physician - Living wills.
- Section 5-602.1 - Advance directive for mental health services.
- Section 5-603 - Suggested forms - Living wills.
- Section 5-604 - Revocation of an advance directive.
- Section 5-604.1 - Anatomical gifts in advance directives.
- Section 5-605 - Surrogate decision making.
- Section 5-606 - Certifications by physicians.
- Section 5-607 - Treatment without consent.
- Section 5-608 - Authorization to follow emergency medical services "do not resuscitate order" in the outpatient setting.
- Section 5-608.1 - "Instructions on Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form.
- Section 5-609 - Immunity from liability; burden of proof; presumption.
- Section 5-610 - Willful destruction, concealment, damage, etc., of declaration or revocation; penalties.
- Section 5-611 - Medically ineffective treatment not required; mercy killing or euthanasia prohibited; construction of subtitle.
- Section 5-612 - Petition by health care provider; court action.
- Section 5-613 - Transfer of patient by health care provider who refuses to comply with advance directive or treatment decision.
- Section 5-614 - Effect of declaration; suicide; insurance; declarations executed prior to effective date.
- Section 5-615 - Provision of information.
- Section 5-616 - Preservation of existing right; advance directives executed before effective date.
- Section 5-617 - Reciprocity.
- Section 5-618 - Short title.
- Section 5-619 - Definitions.
- Section 5-620 - Registry established.
- Section 5-621 - Regulations.
- Section 5-622 - Administration in general.
- Section 5-623 - Registration; notification of amendment or revocation; validity regardless of submission to directory.
- Section 5-624 - Database.
- Section 5-625 - Requirements of advance directive.
- Section 5-626 - Liability of health care providers.
- Subtitle 7 - Child Fatality Review Teams
- Section 5-701 - Definitions.
- Section 5-702 - Established.
- Section 5-703 - Membership.
- Section 5-704 - Legislative purpose.
- Section 5-705 - Local child fatality review teams - Established.
- Section 5-706 - Local child fatality review teams - Purpose; duties.
- Section 5-707 - Local child fatality review teams - Investigations.
- Section 5-708 - Meetings.
- Section 5-709 - Disclosure of records and information.
- Subtitle 8 - Mortality and Quality Review Committee
- Section 5-801 - Definitions [Amendment subject to abrogation].
- Section 5-802 - Established; purpose [Amendment subject to abrogation].
- Section 5-803 - Duties [Amendment subject to abrogation].
- Section 5-804 - Composition; terms; removal; expenses; staff; chairperson; quorum; meetings.
- Section 5-805 - Evaluation of deaths of certain service recipients with developmental disabilities.
- Section 5-806 - Requests for information.
- Section 5-806.1 - Office of Health Care Quality to provide and review aggregate incident data; consultants [Section subject to abrogation].
- Section 5-807 - Immunity from liability.
- Section 5-808 - Annual public report; preliminary findings or recommendations [Amendment subject to abrogation].
- Section 5-809 - Record keeping; confidentiality; discovery.
- Section 5-810 - Closed meetings.