# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 5. Death

### Subtitle 6. Health Care Decisions Act

#### Section 5-625

A health care provider is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability or deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as determined by the appropriate licensing authority for:

(1) Failure to access an electronic advance directives service recognized by the Maryland Health Care Commission; or

(2) Relying on information provided by an electronic advance directives service recognized by the Maryland Health Care Commission.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)