STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS,
OF MARYLAND
State Office Building, Annapolis

Chapters III, 226, 565, 572, Acts 1935
Chapter 675, Acts 1924.

(All terms expire May, 1943)

Ex-Officio Members:

Dr. R. H. Riley. .............Director, State Board of Health
Dr. Huntington Williams.. Health Commissioner of Baltimore
Dr. E. R. Davies........Asst. Health Commissioner of Balto.

Members appointed by the Governor:
George A. Farley. .............................. .Baltimore
Sol Levinson.................................... Baltimore
Leonard J. Ruck. ............................... .Baltimore
Charles E. Delosier. .............................. Baltimore
Franklin B. Hill.................................. Salisbury
Edward L. Lilly. ................................ Baltimore
William F. Wooden............................... Baltimore

The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints seven, who
with the Secretary of the State Board of Health, and the Commissioner
and Assistant Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City, constitute
the Board.

It is the duty of any person, co-partnership or corporation now
licensed to carry on the business of Funeral Directing and Embalming
in the State of Maryland, within sixty days of the passing of this
Act (June 1, 1937) to cause his, her, their or its name or names to be
registered with the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
of Maryland and to procure a license to carry on the business of
Funeral Directing and Embalming within the State, such license to
be renewed annually.

The laws generally deal with the qualification and licensing of all
persons engaged and/or assisting in Funeral Directing and Embalm-
ing in the State of Maryland; the holding of examinations to deter-
mine such qualification, and provide penalties for violations of the
provisions relating to licenses and registration.

Special qualifications are required of Funeral Directors, their
assistants and employees concerning the care, preparation for burial,
burial or shipment of dead human bodies; the disinfection of clothing
and bedding of deceased persons who have died from an infectious or
contagious disease and the premises where he or she shall have died, as
well as the laws (general and local) relative to burials, burial permits
and the proper care, preparation for burial and burial or shipment of
dead human bodies.

The law also makes provision for examination of applicants to
practice Embalming in such subjects as anatomy, sanitation, disinfec-
tion, embalming (theoretical and practical), and the laws relating to
contagious, infectious and communicable diseases.

The penalty for violation of the Funeral Directors' Law, relating to
registration and licensing, is a fine of not more than $100 or imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding one year, or both. The penalty for vio-
lation of the Embalmers' Law, relating to registration and licensing,
is a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $600, or imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both.