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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 330

(1)  BEFORE MAY 2, 1973:

(I)  MET THE BOARD QUALIFICATIONS FOR A
FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE; AND

(II)  WAS ISSUED A FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S
LICENSE BY THE BOARD;

(2)  HAS ANNUALLY RENEWED HIS FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S
LICENSE SINCE MAY 2, 1973;

(3)  APPLIES FOR A FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE
BEFORE MAY 1, 1980 ON THE FORM THAT THE BOARD REQUIRES; AND

(4)  PAYS TO THE BOARD A LICENSE FEE OF $25.

(C)  A FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE ISSUED TO AN
INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZES THE LICENSEE TO PRACTICE FUNERAL
DIRECTION WHILE THE LICENSE IS EFFECTIVE.

(D)  A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION EXPIRES ON THE
MAY 1 AFTER ITS EFFECTIVE DATE, UNLESS THE LICENSE IS
RENEWED FOR A 1-YEAR TERM.

(1)  THE HOLDER OF A FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE
MAY RENEW HIS LICENSE, IF THE LICENSEE:

(I)  OTHERWISE IS ENTITLED TO BE LICENSED;

(II)  HAS ANNUALLY RENEWED HIS FUNERAL
DIRECTOR'S LICENSE;

(III)  PAYS TO THE BOARD A RENEWAL FEE OF
$25; AND

(IV)  SUBMITS TO THE BOARD A RENEWAL
APPLICATION ON THE FORM THAT IT REQUIRES.

(2)  THE BOARD SHALL RENEW THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S
LICENSE OF EACH LICENSEE WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SUBSECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 6, 1980.