HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              4255

(b) (3) The following officials shall serve ex officio
and each may designate someone to serve in his place:

(iv) The [Commissioner of Mental Hygiene]
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS;

22-203.

(c)  The director shall:

(3) Consult with the Director of the Juvenile
Services Administration, the [Commissioner] DIRECTOR of
Mental Hygiene, the Director of the Mental Retardation
Administration, and the superintendent of each center or
institution about the operation of these programs.

Article - Estates and Trusts

4-509.

(a)  In any case where a patient is in immediate need
for an internal organ as a transplant, the Chief Medical
Examiner, the deputy [chief] CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER, or
[the] AN assistant medical [examiners] EXAMINER may provide
the organ upon the request of the transplanting surgeon
under the following conditions:

(1)  [A] THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS CHARGE OF A
decedent who may provide a suitable organ for the transplant
[is under their jurisdiction];

(2)  A reasonable, unsuccessful search has been
made by the treating physician and the hospital where the
patient is located to contact the next of kin; and

(3)  No known objection by the next of kin is
foreseen by the [Chief Medical Examiner or the assistant]
medical examiner; and

(4)  The organ for transplant will not interfere
with the subsequent course of an investigation or autopsy.

(b)  [Neither the] THE Chief Medical Examiner, the
deputy [chief] CHIEF medical examiner, [nor the] AND AN
assistant chief medical examiner [is] ARE NOT liable for
civil action if the next of kin is located subsequently and
contends that [his] authorization OF THAT KIN was required,
if the Chief Medical Examiner has obtained a written
statement from the treating physician or the hospital where
the patient was located that a reasonable unsuccessful
search was conducted for the next of kin prior to the
removal of the tissue for transplantation.

4-509.1.