1. A. This chapter governs the:

   1. (1) Registration of individuals who operate cemeteries and provide burial goods for either human or pet remains in the State; and
   2. (2) Application procedures for persons requiring a permit to operate a cemetery or provide burial goods for either human or pet remains in this State.

2. B. This chapter does not apply to:

   1. (1) A person that owns and operates a bona fide religious, nonprofit cemetery in this State;
   2. (2) The operation of a funeral establishment in this State, including the sale of burial goods in the ordinary course of the funeral establishment's business;
   3. (3) A licensed funeral director acting within the scope of a State funeral director's license;
   4. (4) A mortician acting within the scope of a State mortician's license;
   5. (5) A not-for-profit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly;
   6. (6) A county, city, or municipal corporation that owns and operates a cemetery in the State; or
   7. (7) A veterans' cemetery operated by the State.

Authority: Business Regulation Article, §§5-204—5-205, 5-301—5-308, and 5-401—5-405, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Chapter revised effective March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 503)

Regulation .01A amended effective April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 366)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 366)

Regulation .04B amended effective February 13, 2006 (33:3 Md. R. 241); April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 366)

Regulation .05C amended effective May 8, 2017 (44:9 Md. R. 438)

Regulation .05D adopted effective February 13, 2006 (33:3 Md. R. 241)

Regulation .05D amended effective April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 366)

Regulation .05E adopted effective February 13, 2006 (33:3 Md. R. 241)

Regulation .06B amended effective May 8, 2017 (44:9 Md. R. 438)

Regulation .11 amended effective November 23, 2006 (33:23 Md. R. 1794)

Regulation .13 adopted effective April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 366)