Section 5-623 - Registration; notification of amendment or revocation; validity regardless of submission to directory. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-623. Registration; notification of amendment or revocation; validity regardless of submission to directory.
 

(a)  Registration.- An individual may register with the Department an advance directive. 

(b)  Notification of amendment or revocation of advance directive.-  

(1) The registrant shall notify the Registry if the registrant has amended or revoked a registered advance directive. 

(2) A health care provider that becomes aware that a registrant has amended or revoked a registered advance directive shall, at the request of the registrant, provide the registrant with information on how to notify the Registry. 

(c)  Submission of advance directive to Registry not mandatory.- An individual is not required to submit an advance directive to the Registry. 

(d)  Validity of advance directive regardless of submission to Registry.- Nothing in this Part II of this subtitle affects the validity of an advance directive that is not submitted to the Registry. 
 

[2006, ch. 223.]