Section 5-408 - Buying, selling, or transporting bodies(a)(1) A person may not sell or buy any body or any part of a body that is under the exclusive control of the Board.(2) A person other than a nonprofit organization that qualifies under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, may not sell, buy, or act as a broker for a profit in the transfer of any human organ that: (i) Is removed from a human body that is alive or dead at the time of removal; and(ii) Is not under the exclusive control of the Board.(3) In this section, "human organ" does not include blood and plasma.(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a person may not send, transport, or permit or cause to be sent or transported out of the State any body or any part of a body that is under the exclusive control of the Board.(2) The Board may authorize, by regulation, the transporting of human specimens under its exclusive control to an out-of-state medical study program, provided that: (i) The needs of the schools of the State are met;(ii) The requesting party demonstrates the need for a specimen;(iii) The circumstances of the request are that:1. No other sufficient source of specimens within the requesting state exists; or2. A preexisting organ tissue donation was made by an individual in compliance with the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;(iv) The requesting party bears the responsibility for transporting and the specialized care of the specimen and all associated costs; and(v) The Board retains the right of exclusive control of the specimen including the final disposition when appropriate or necessary to fulfill an obligation to return the remains of a donated specimen to the donor's family.(3) The Board may authorize a physician, teacher, demonstrator, or investigator of advanced human biological sciences to send or transport human specimens out of the State for use by medical study programs.