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