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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 525
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7-308.1.
(A) A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A DECEASED MORTICIAN'S ESTATE
SHALL BE LICENSED BY THE BOARD BEFORE CONTINUING OPERATION OF THE
MORTUARY SCIENCE BUSINESS.
(B) THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE AN EXECUTOR LICENSE TO AN APPLICANT IF
THE APPLICANT:
(1) IS THE APPOINTED PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A DECEASED
MORTICIAN'S ESTATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN
TITLE 5 OF THE ESTATES AND TRUSTS ARTICLE;
(2) IS NOT A LICENSED MORTICIAN OR A LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR;
(3) (2) SUBMITS TO THE BOARD, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DEATH OF
THE LICENSED MORTICIAN OR FUNERAL DIRECTOR WRITTEN VERIFICATION OF THE
DEATH OF THE LICENSEE, WRITTEN VERIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT AS A
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE APPLICATION REQUIRED BY THE BOARD;
AND
(4) (3) PAYS A FEE SET BY THE BOARD.
(C) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT A PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE FROM SELLING THE MORTUARY SCIENCE BUSINESS THAT WAS
OPERATED AND WHOLLY OR PARTLY OWNED BY THE LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR
OR LICENSED MORTICIAN.
(D) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, WHILE AN
EXECUTOR LICENSE IS EFFECTIVE, IT AUTHORIZES THE LICENSEE TO:
(1) CONTINUE OPERATION OF THE MORTUARY SCIENCE BUSINESS THAT
HAD BEEN OPERATED AND WHOLLY OR PARTLY OWNED BY THE DECEASED
MORTICIAN OR FUNERAL DIRECTOR
(2) ASSIST WITH THE PLANNING AND CONDUCTING OF FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR THAT MORTUARY SCIENCE BUSINESS.
(E) THE BOARD MAY ISSUE A LICENSE UNDER THIS SECTION ONLY IF:
(1) THE BUSINESS IS OPERATED UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A
LICENSED MORTICIAN; AND
(2) THE EMBALMING SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A LICENSED
MORTICIAN.
(F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF § 7-314 OF THIS SUBTITLE, AN
EXECUTOR LICENSE IS VALID FOR SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE AND
MAY NOT BE RENEWED OR REINSTATED AFTER EXPIRATION.
(G) A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE WHO WISHES TO CONTINUE OPERATION
OF A MORTUARY SCIENCE BUSINESS UPON EXPIRATION OF THE EXECUTOR LICENSE
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