968                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 398

may only contain the name, title, specialty, telephone number, office
hours and new address and old address.

(c)   Each physician or surgeon may exhibit on the door or wall of
the building wherein he practices not more than two signs on which
may be placed the name and title or degree of such person, and his
specialty, the letters of which shall not exceed three inches square.
In addition he may exhibit such sign on the door of his office in
addition to those on the door or wall of such building.

(d)  In all professional uses of his name, one licensed under this
act who holds the degree of doctor of osteopathy, shall designate his
school of practice by "D.O.," "osteopathic physician and surgeon,"
or some similar term.

149.

(a)  Written or telegraphic consent for a doctor of medicine or
doctor of osteopathy to conduct a post-mortem examination of the
body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by
whichever one of the following assumes custody of the body for
purposes of burial: Father, mother, husband, wife, child, guardian,
next of kin, or in absence of any of the foregoing, a person who
assumes duty of legal disposal of the body. If two or more of such
persons assume custody of the body, consent of one of them shall be
deemed sufficient.

(b)   Any person who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older and
of sound mind may execute an instrument in writing as provided in
subsection (e) herein, duly notarized, which provides for the post-
mortem examination of his body or the removal of tissue or organs
of his body for transplantation to the body of a living person by a
doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy within the definition set
out by subsection (c) herein. This instrument shall be sufficient
authority, when presented to said doctor of medicine or doctor of
osteopathy to authorize the post-mortem examination of the body or
the removal of tissue or organs from the body of the person execut-
ing the instrument. The disposition of said body or portion thereof
may be made only for the purpose of advancement of medical
science or for the replacement or rehabilitation of the tissues or
organs of another person. Any authorization or instrument executed
under the terms or provisions of this section shall be null and void
if obtained for a monetary consideration.

(c)   A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy authorized by
this section shall be a duly licensed doctor of medicine or doctor of
osteopathy associated with or authorized by a "hospital" or "person"
as defined by Section 556 of Article 43 and licensed by the State
Board of Health or authorized to act by a federal, State, county, or
Baltimore City agency.

(e) The instrument authorizing postmortem examination and
study or the removal of tissue or organs shall conform substantially
to the following forms:

Certificate of Authorization for Post-Mortem Study and
Examination or Removal of Tissues or Organs

I, the undersigned, this________day of.------------19------, desiring

that my.__......................be made available after my demise for:

A. Medical education and research, and/or