852                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH. 467

149H. Persons who may become donees, and purposes for which
anatomical gifts may be made.

The following persons are eligible to receive gifts of human bodies
or parts thereof for the purposes stated:

(a)  Any licensed hospital, surgeon or physician; for medical edu-
cation, research, advancement of medical science, therapy, or trans-
plantation to individuals.

(b)  Any accredited medical school, college, or university engaged
in medical education or research; for therapy, educational research,
or medical science purposes.

(c)  Any person operating a bank or storage facility for blood,
arteries, eyes, pituitaries, or other human parts; for use in medical
education, research, therapy, or transplantation to individuals.

(d)  Any specified donee; for therapy or transplantation needed by
him.

149-I. Manner of executing anatomical gifts.

(a)  A gift of all or part of the body for purposes of this Act may
be made by will, in which case the gift becomes effective immediately
upon death of the testator without waiting for probate. If the will
is not probated, or if it is declared invalid for testamentary purposes,
the gift, to the extent that it has been acted upon in good faith, is
nevertheless valid and effective.

(b)  A gift of all or part of the body for purposes of this Act may
also be made by document other than a will. The document must be
signed by the donor in the presence of two witnesses, who, in turn,
shall sign the document in the donor's presence. If the donor cannot
sign in person, the document may be signed for him, at his direction
and in his presence, and in the presence of two witnesses, who, m
turn, shall sign the document in the donor's presence. Delivery of the
document or gift during the donor's lifetime is not necessary to make
the gift valid. The document may consist of a properly executed card
carried on the donor's person or in his effects. The document and/or
card shall conform substantially to the following form:

"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.  Any licensed hospital, surgeon or physician; for medical edu-
cation, research, advancement of medical science, therapy or trans-
plantation to individuals;

B.  Any accredited medical school, college or university engaged in
medical education or research; for therapy, educational, research or
medical science purposes;

C.  Any person operating a bank or storage facility for blood, ar-
teries, eyes, pituitaries, or other human parts, for use in medical
education, research, therapy or transplantation to individuals;

D.  The donee specified below, for therapy or transplantation needed
by him or her;