Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 4 › Subtitle 29 - BOARD OF MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS › Chapter 10.29.16 - Crematories-Definitions › Section 10.29.16.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In COMAR
				  10.29.17-COMAR 10.29.20, the following terms having the meanings
				  indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Advertising" means the publication,
				  dissemination, or circulation of any oral or written matter, including
				  labeling, which directly or indirectly calls to the attention of the public the
				  goods and services one has to offer.
(2) "Authorizing agent" means an individual
				  legally entitled to order the cremation of human remains or legally authorized
				  to control the final disposition of human remains.
(3) "Board" means Board of Morticians and
				  Funeral Directors.
(4) "Consumer"
				  includes a funeral establishment contracting with a crematory or the designated
				  next of kin of a decedent contracting with a crematory.
(5) "Cremated human remains" means all human
				  remains recovered after completion of cremation and the use of mechanical
				  pulverizing equipment.
(6)
				  "Cremation" means the process of reducing human remains to bone fragments
				  through intense heat and evaporation, including any mechanical or thermal
				  process and may include pulverization.
(7) "Cremation container" means a readily
				  combustible, rigid container in which human remains are sent to the crematory
				  and then placed in the cremation chamber for cremation.
(8) "Cremator" means the machinery within
				  which the process of cremation of human remains begins.
(9) "Crematory" means a building, portion of
				  a building, or structure that houses the necessary appliances and facilities
				  for cremation.
(10) "Crematory
				  authority" has the same meaning as "permit holder".
(11) "Embalming" means the disinfection and
				  preserving of human remains by arterial or cavity injection or any other type
				  of preservation.
(12) "Engage in
				  the operation of a crematory" means controlling or managing a
				  crematory.
(13) "Holding facility"
				  means an area within or adjacent to the crematory establishment designed for
				  the retention of human remains before cremation.
(14) "Human remains" means the body of a
				  deceased person, or part of a body or limb that has been removed from a living
				  person.
(15) "Office" means the
				  Office of Cemetery Oversight.
(16)
				  "Permit" means a license issued by the Board to allow a person to operate a
				  business which engages in the operation of a crematory.
(17) "Permit holder" means the holder of a
				  permit issued under Health Occupations Article, Title 7, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland, to operate a crematory.
(18) "Person" means an individual, personal
				  representative, or a corporation that is the operator of a mortuary science
				  business where the practice of mortuary science is conducted for the
				  corporation by a licensed mortician or funeral director, a partnership, or
				  professional association, each comprised of one or more licensed morticians or
				  funeral directors.
(19) "Processed
				  human remains" means the end result of pulverization, where the residue from
				  the cremation process is pulverized leaving only bone fragments reduced to 5
				  millimeters or less.
(20)
				  "Registered crematory operator" means an individual registered to operate a
				  crematory as a sole proprietor or on behalf of a sole proprietor or permit
				  holder.
(21) "Sealable container"
				  means a container in which cremated human remains can be placed and sealed so
				  as to prevent leakage or the entrance of foreign materials.