Maryland § 5-613

§ 5-613.

    (a)    A health care provider that intends not to comply with an instruction of a health care agent or a surrogate shall:

        (1)    Inform the person giving the instruction that:

            (i)    The health care provider declines to carry out the instruction;

            (ii)    The person may request a transfer to another health care provider; and

            (iii)    The health care provider will make every reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another health care provider;

        (2)    Assist in the transfer; and

        (3)    Pending the transfer, comply with an instruction of a competent individual, or of a health care agent or surrogate for an individual who is incapable of making an informed decision, if a failure to comply with the instruction would likely result in the death of the individual.

    (b)    Nothing in this section authorizes a health care provider to provide health care to:

        (1)    A competent individual over the objection of that individual; or

        (2)    An individual incapable of making an informed decision over the objection of another person authorized by law to consent to the provision of health care for the individual.