HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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6-403. WRITTEN STATEMENTS REQUIRED.

(A)  STATEMENT OF INITIAL AGREEMENT.

AT THE TIME A LICENSEE MAKES FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS, THE
LICENSEE SHALL GIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO REQUESTED THE
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES:

(1)  AN ITEMIZED LIST OF ALL SERVICES AND
MERCHANDISE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED AND THE TOTAL PRICE;

(2)  TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, A SPECIFICATION OF
ANY ITEM FOR WHICH THE LICENSEE WILL ADVANCE MONEY TO
ACCOMMODATE THE BUYER; AND

(3)  THE TERMS AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.

(B)  ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE STATEMENT REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION, THE LICENSEE SHALL GIVE TO THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO REQUESTED A FUNERAL A SIMILAR WRITTEN
STATEMENT THAT REFLECTS ANY CHANGE IN THE ARRANGEMENTS
AGREED TO BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 43, §
354(c)(15).

This section provides expressly what presently is
only implied in the law — that a licensee must
provide a written statement at the time funeral
arrangements are made.

The reference in present Art. 43, § 354(c)(15) to
disciplinary action now appears in § 6-315 of
this title.

6-404. PRE-NEED CONTRACTS.

(A)  "SELLER" DEFINED.

IN THIS SECTION, "SELLER" MEANS A PERSON WHO AGREES TO
PROVIDE SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
UNDER A PRE-NEED CONTRACT.

(B)  PERSON AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE.

ONLY A LICENSED MORTICIAN MAY OFFER OR AGREE, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, TO PROVIDE SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE UNDER A
PRE-NEED CONTRACT.

(C)  FORM.

(1) A PRE-NEED CONTRACT SHALL CONTAIN: