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Ch. 185 2007 Laws of Maryland
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(iii) For compensation, to arrange for or make final disposition of
a dead human body.
(2) "PRACTICE MORTUARY SCIENCE" INCLUDES:
(I) THE PRACTICE OF FUNERAL DIRECTION; AND
(II) DISINFECTING OR PRESERVING A DEAD HUMAN BODY
OR ANY OF ITS PARTS BY ARTERIAL OR CAVITY INJECTION.
[(2)] (3) "Practice mortuary science" does not include the pickup,
removal, or transportation of a dead human body, if the unlicensed individual is acting
under the direction of a licensed mortician or funeral director.
(r) "Pre-need contract" means an agreement between a consumer and a
licensed funeral director, licensed mortician, or surviving spouse to provide any goods
and services purchased prior to the time of death. Goods and services shall include:
(1) A service, including any form of preservation and disposition, that
a mortician normally provides in the ordinary course of business; or
(2) Merchandise, including a casket, vault, or clothing, that a
mortician normally provides in the ordinary course of business.
(s) "Surviving spouse" means the legal widow or widower of a licensed
funeral director or licensed mortician, whose license was in good standing at the time
of death, and who at the time of death, wholly or partly owned and operated a
mortuary science business.
7-201.
There is a State Board of Morticians AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS in the
Department.
7-206.
(a) There is a State Board of Morticians AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS Fund.
(c) (2) The Comptroller shall distribute the fees to the State Board of
Morticians AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS Fund.
7-301.
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