1. (a) This title does not limit the right of an individual to practice a health occupation that the individual is authorized to practice under this article.

2. (b)

   1. (1) In this subsection, “registrant or permit holder” means a person regulated under Title 5 of the Business Regulation Article as a registered cemeterian, registered reduction operator, registered seller, or holder of a permit to operate a cemetery, reduction facility, or burial goods business.

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

      1. (i) The business of operating a cemetery, including the sale of cemetery lots, grave sites, mausoleums, monuments, lawn crypts, or vaults;

      2. (ii) The ownership of a crematory or reduction facility or the business of operating a crematory or reduction facility in which:

         1. 1. A registrant or permit holder owns a greater percentage of the crematory or reduction facility than a person licensed under this title;
         2. 2. Ownership is equal between a registrant or permit holder and a person licensed under this title; or
         3. 3. Neither a registrant, permit holder, or person licensed under this title has an ownership interest in the crematory or reduction facility; or
      3. (iii) The ownership of a crematory or the business of operating a crematory or incinerator at a licensed medical facility or educational institution.

Added as Health Occupations § 6-102 by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, c. 9, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 7-102 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 450, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2024, c. 599, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 600, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.

Formerly Art. 43, § 359.