# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 4. Wills

### Subtitle 5. Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

#### Section 4-506

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made:

  (1) An anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-503 of this subtitle; or

  (2) An amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-504 of this subtitle.

(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-504 of this subtitle is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in Sec. 4-501 or Sec. 4-507 of this subtitle from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-503 or Sec. 4-508 of this subtitle.

(c) If a person other than a donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-503 of this subtitle, or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-504 of this subtitle, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under Sec. 4-508 of this subtitle.

(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under Sec. 4-504 of this subtitle by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under Sec. 4-503 or Sec. 4-508 of this subtitle.

(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Sec. 4-503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part is not a refusal to give another part or a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.

(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Sec. 4-503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in Sec. 4-503 of this subtitle is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any other purpose by the donor or other person under Sec. 4-503 or Sec. 4-508 of this subtitle.

(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the donor may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.

(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the minor may revoke the minor's refusal.

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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)