# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 4. Wills

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

#### Section 4-508

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Sec. 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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)