Code of Maryland Regulations (Last Updated: April 6, 2021) |
Title 10. Maryland Department of Health |
Part 4. |
Subtitle 35. POSTMORTEM EXAMINERS COMMISSION |
Chapter 10.35.01. Medical Examiner Cases |
Sec. 10.35.01.11. Cornea Tissue Removal
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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.