Md. Code, Health - General § 5-508
Md. Code, Health - General § 5-508
in effect(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Alkaline hydrolysis” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(c) “Authorizing agent” means the individual who has legal authority to arrange for and make decisions regarding the final disposition of a dead human body, including by cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction.
(d) “Cremation” means the disposition of a dead human body by means of incineration.
(e) “Crematory” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(f) “Decedent” means a dead human being.
(g) “Natural organic reduction” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(h) “Practitioner” means a person who is licensed by the State as a funeral director, mortician, or surviving spouse licensee to practice mortuary science.
(i) “Pre–need contract” means an agreement prior to the time of death between a consumer and a practitioner to provide any goods and services regarding the final disposition of a dead human body.
(j) “Reduction facility” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(k) “Soil remains” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Business Regulation Article.
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