PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 675

(B) THIS TITLE DOES NOT APPLY TO:

(1)      THE OPERATION OF A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT. INCLUDING THE
SALE OF BURIAL GOODS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF THE FUNERAL
ESTABLISHMENT'S BUSINESS:

(2)      A LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE: OR

(3) A MORTICIAN ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE
MORTICIAN'S LICENSE.

SUBTITLE 2. OFFICE OF CEMETERY OVERSIGHT.
5-201.

(A)     THERE IS AN OFFICE OF CEMETERY OVERSIGHT IN THE DEPARTMENT.

(B)     THE OFFICE EXERCISES ITS RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES SUBJECT TO
THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.

(C)     (1) THE SECRETARY SHALL APPOINT AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
CEMETERY OPERATIONS.

(2)      THE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS AS
FOLLOWS;

(I) ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A NONPROFIT CEMETERY;

(II) ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A FOR PROFIT CEMETERY;

(III) ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A RELIGIOUS CEMETERY;

(IV) ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A MUNICIPAL CEMETERY;

(V) ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING A MONUMENT COMPANY; AND

(VI) FOUR MEMBERS WHO ARE CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVE.

(2)      THE ADVISORY COUNCIL CONSISTS OF ELEVEN MEMBERS.

(3)      OF THE ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD:

(I) THREE SHALL BE REGISTERED CEMETERIANS REPRESENTING
THE FOR-PROFIT CEMETERY INDUSTRY:

(II) ONE SHALL BE A REGISTERED CEMETERIAN REPRESENTING A
NONPROFIT CEMETERY;

(III) ONE SHALL BE A REGISTERED SELLER FROM A MONUMENT
COMPANY;

(IV) ONE SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A RELIGIOUS
CEMETERY; AND

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