1. (a) The registration and permitting provisions of this title do not apply to:

   1. (1) a person that owns and operates a bona fide religious-nonprofit cemetery in this State;
   2. (2) a cemetery owned by a nonprofit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly;
   3. (3) a county, city, or municipal corporation that owns and operates a cemetery in the State;
   4. (4) a veterans' cemetery operated by the State; or
   5. (5) a private family cemetery that does not conduct public sales.

2. (b) This title does not apply to:

   1. (1) the operation of a funeral establishment, including the sale of burial goods in the ordinary course of the funeral establishment's business;
   2. (2) the operation or ownership of a crematory in which a person who is licensed and regulated under Title 7 of the Health Occupations Article owns a greater percentage of the crematory than a registered cemeterian, registered seller, or holder of a permit for the operation of a cemetery or burial goods business;
   3. (3) the operation or ownership of a crematory or incinerator at a licensed medical facility or educational institution;
   4. (4) a licensed funeral director acting within the scope of the funeral director's license; or
   5. (5) a mortician acting within the scope of the mortician's license.

Added by Acts 1997, c. 675, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1998, c. 151, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 152, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 680, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, c. 186, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2007, c. 348, § 2, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 450, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2012, c. 368, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2017, c. 631, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.