Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 4
Subtitle 35 - POSTMORTEM EXAMINERS COMMISSION
Chapter 10.35.01 - Medical Examiner Cases
Section 10.35.01.11 - Cornea Tissue Removal
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
Whenever an authorized eye bank has informed the Chief Medical Examiner or the Chief Medical Examiner's deputy or assistant medical examiner that there is a need for corneal tissue for research or transplantation, the Chief Medical Examiner shall allow the authorized eye bank to make a removal if:
A. A Certification of Need has been provided to the medical examiner;
B. The body has been tested to determine its suitability for transplantation;
C. An autopsy is going to be performed and the removal does not interfere with the subsequent investigation or examination; and
D. The medical examiner does not know of an objection to the autopsy or donation of tissue by the next of kin.