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<chapter num="01" heading="Fees" title_num="10" subtitle_num="49">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Board” means the State Anatomy Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Cadaveric specimens” means requested body parts, organs, or tissues taken from a cadaver.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“In-State commercial programs” means uses of cadaveric specimens at in-State institutions for teaching, training or research using a company's medical products such as an instrument, implant, or other device.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“In-State programs” means institutional or government funded, or continuing medical education accredited courses.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“In-State study programs” means Maryland medical-dental study programs that use cadavers and cadaveric specimens to conduct:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Anatomical disciplinary instruction;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Resident surgical, clinical, or allied health training;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Physician continuing education training courses and advanced study;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Allied health, paramedic, and emergency medical training courses;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Research study requiring cadavers or human cadaveric specimens; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Other educational, training, or research programs approved by the Board.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Member school programs” means departments of anatomy of medical-dental schools located in Maryland that use cadavers and cadaveric specimens to support teaching and research studies.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“Member schools” means from the Departments of Anatomy of the medical schools in Maryland and the University of Maryland Dental College.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>“Out-of-State commercial” means uses of cadaveric specimens at out-of-State institutions for teaching, training, or research using a company's medical products such as an instrument, implant, or other device.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>“Out-of-State study programs” means out-of-State medical-dental study institutions that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Use cadavers and cadaveric specimens to conduct anatomy courses as specified in §B(5) of this regulation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Are institutional or government funded, or continuing medical education accredited courses.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Reimbursement Claim Fees.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Release an unclaimed body under its control to a relative or friend; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be reimbursed for expenses incurred for transportation, storage, preparation, cremation, and supplies and materials used.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Board may, at its discretion, waive the fee under §A(2) of this regulation, based on economic hardship.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Cadaver and Cadaveric Specimen Fees.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Board shall review costs of services provided to the State's medical-dental member school programs every 2 years.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Cost Analysis. The Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Perform a cost analysis of expenditures and experienced program services based on activities related to transportation, preparation, and disposition of bodies under its control; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Determine the total average cost per cadaver and cadaveric specimen, based on the cost analysis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Fees.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The fee for member school programs shall be set at a rate not less than 25 percent of the total average cost per cadaver.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The fee for in-State study programs shall be set at a rate of not less than one and one-quarter or 125 percent of the average cost per cadaver.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The fee for in-State commercial study programs shall be set at a rate of not less than two and one-half or 250 percent of the average cost per cadaver.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>The fee for out-of-State study programs shall be set at a rate not less than 4 times or 400 percent of the average cost per cadaver.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>The fee for out-of-State commercial programs shall be set at a rate of not less than 5 times or 500 percent of the average cost per cadaver.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>The fees for cadaveric specimens shall be set at a rate proportional to the average cost per cadaver in each category listed in §C(1) — (5) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health General Article, §5-404.1, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 16, 2002 (29:18 Md. R. 1444)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 572)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02A amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 572)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03C amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 572)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>