Marvin Mandel, Governor                         427

CHAPTER 159
(House Bill 744)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 366A(b)
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Supple-
ment), title "Health," subtitle "Funeral Directors and Embalm-
ers"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 387C(f)
of said Article and title of said Code, subtitle "Water, Ice and
Sewerage"; and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 457(a) 475A of said Article and title of said Code (1965
Replacement Volume), subtitle "Osteopathy," generally to correct
certain erroneous references and language therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 366A(b) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Funeral Directors
and Embalmers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments; that Section 387C(f) of said Article and title of said
Code, subtitle "Water, Ice and Sewerage," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and Section 475(a) of said
Article and title of said Code (1965 Replacement Volume), subtitle
"Osteopathy," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, all to read as follows:

366A.

(b) For purposes of this section pre-need contracts are defined
to include the entering into of any contract, plan or agreement
wherein a seller agrees to furnish to or for the use of a living person
at the future time of death embalming, cremating, or other services
and/or the delivery of funeral or burial caskets, vaults, and clothing
such as are normally furnished by licensed funeral directors and
embalmers in the ordinary and normal course of such business. This
section shall not apply to the sale of cemetery lots, grave sites,
mausoleums, monuments, lawn crypts, vaults, or other merchandise
or services sold by others not in connection with the practice of the
profession of a funeral director and embalmer.

387C.

(f) The provisions of any zoning ordinance, subdivision regula-
tion, building code, or other law of the State or any regulation
adopted thereunder or any law, ordinance or regulation of any
municipality or county of the State, establishing standards [to]
which afford greater protection to the public health, safety and
welfare of the community, shall not be limited or superseded to the
extent of its or their greater protection by regulations adopted
pursuant to this section.

475.

(a) A school or college of osteopathy to be recognized as repu-
table under the provisions of this subtitle must be legally incorpo-
rated, prosecute a course of study consisting of the element as
provided for under the provisions of this subtitle, and requiring
attendance and instruction in all the branches of study in which
[examination] examinations are required for licensure under the
provisions of this subtitle. Provided, that nothing in this subtitle
shall be construed to affect the right to practice osteopathy on the