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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.35.01.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="35" chapter_num="01" heading="Tissue Recovery.">
  <text>Whenever an authorized organ and tissue procurement organization has informed the Chief Medical Examiner or the Chief Medical Examiner's deputy or assistant medical examiner that there is a need for tissue for research or transplantation, the Chief Medical Examiner shall allow the authorized organ and tissue procurement organization to make a recovery if:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Proper authorization has been provided to the medical examiner;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The body has been tested to determine its suitability for transplantation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An autopsy is going to be performed and the removal does not interfere with the subsequent investigation or examination; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The medical examiner does not know of an objection to the autopsy or donation of tissue by the next of kin.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>