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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor S.B. 796
[(d)](E) "Health officer" means, unless expressly provided otherwise, the
Baltimore City Commissioner of Health or the health officer of a county.
[(e)](F) "Includes" or "including" means includes or including by way of
illustration and not by way of limitation.
(F) "LIFE PARTNER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REGISTERED FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF LIFE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SECRETARY UNDER TITLE 6 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
[(f)] (G) "Local health planning agency" means the health department of a
jurisdiction or a body designated by the local health department to perform health
planning functions.
[(g)] (H) "Medical examiner" means:
(1) The Chief Medical Examiner;
(2) The Deputy Chief Medical Examiner;
(3) Any assistant medical examiner; or
(4) Any deputy medical examiner.
[(h)] (I) "Person" means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal
representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind and any partnership, firm,
association, corporation, or other entity.
[(i)] (J) "Physician" means an individual who is authorized under the
Maryland Medical Practice Act to practice medicine in this State.
[(j)] (K) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.
[(k)] (L) "State" means:
(1) A state, possession, or territory of the United States;
(2) The District of Columbia; or
(3) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
4-215.
(a) In this section, "cemetery" includes a crematory or other place for final
disposition.
(e) (1) A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required before the
disinterment of human remains if reinterment is not to be made in the same
cemetery. The Secretary or a health officer shall issue the permit after receipt of an
application on the form that the Secretary requires.
(2) If all human remains in a cemetery are to be disinterred for purposes
of relocation or abandonment of the cemetery, one application is sufficient for that
purpose.
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